On Friday 05 Sep 2003 11:09 pm, Steve Browne wrote: > On Fri, 5 Sep 2003 22:40:50 +0100, you wrote: > >I was installing 9.1 on David's box while he was out. It has > > booted to the point of the blue wave, then it can't get the > > display up. > > > >I tried going to init 3, then running XFdrake as root, the menu > > comes up, but I can't find any way to change any part of the > > configuration. I have to set it to a generic lcd screen. > > > >I have to get this fixed before he gets home, or I'll be divorced > > <g> What do I do now? > > > >Anne > > If you are installing 9.1 with an LCD monitor, the appropriate > driver for the video card may not be present. For instance, I have > an Nvidia video card and a Viewsonic LCD; I had to download > Nvidia's driver before I could get KDE to load onscreen. > Hi, Steve. No, it's not the video card. That's an old SiS card that was working under 9.0. Of course, it may be that 9.1 can't handle that card. If that's so, I'll have to work out how to vi lilo.conf to get back to the old 9.0 install
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