On 10/10/11 16:17, Michael Mol wrote: > On Mon, Oct 10, 2011 at 4:06 PM, CJoeB <colleen.bea...@gmail.com> wrote: >> Today, I went through the install process, had a couple of issues, but >> was able to figure them out and got to the point where I was supposed to >> boot into my new system. I got the boot menu, the boot process seemed >> to be okay, but when I got to the point where I assumed I should get a >> command prompt to finish up, all I got was a weird screen that was half >> black and half fuzzy with a bunch of colours (sorry, I can describe this >> any better). I tried recompiling the kernel thinking it was a problem >> that I had created during the initial compilation, but that ended with >> the same result. >> >> The computer is a Dell XPS 8300 >> It has a Radeon graphics card, but I wouldn't think this would be an >> issue until I tried to install X. >> >> Does anyone have any ideas? > Try dropping framebuffer console drivers? I'll try this, but I REALLY want those cute little penguins that appear when the computer is booting! :-) > Also, what exact model of Radeon? The specs that came with the computer say its and AMD Radeon HD 6450 1GB DDR3
Regards, Colleen -- Registered Linux User #411143 with the Linux Counter, http://counter.li.org
