"L. A. Lawless" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> I've tried with three 2.2 kernels and three 2.4 kernels. I've tried
> XFree 3.3 and XFree 4. I've tried with different x servers
> pre-installed. Even if I don't use framebuffer on reboot, if I dare
> click on drakx in graphical mode everything freezes. If I try text mode,
> drakx is still called and everything freezes. And that still doesn't
> solve the problem of an aborted install and having to do a manual fsck
> to fix just about everything on my root partition after the freeze. I'm
> trying a text expert install tomorrow, specifying less system RAM, as
> that's just about the only other idea I have, although 160 MB should be
> enough. This seems to be a problem with the generic S3Virge chip only,
> particularly the 86c325. BTW it didn't work on 7.0 or 7.1, although I
> could write a config file on those using xf86config after recovering
> from the freeze. I got a sort-of X in the 1st 8.0 beta (2.4 kernel) as
> well, but it had three overlapping images on my monitor. At least that
> one didn't freeze everything during install so I could recover easily.
Just to be sure, can you once the install has start remove /usr/bin/ddcxinfos
and replace it by a directory with the same name (to be sure DrakX will not get
it back). And can you try again, please use expert just before X configuration.
Fran�ois.
