----- Original Message -----
Sent: Tuesday, September 18, 2001 12:31
AM
Subject: [Newbie]Puzzle Screen
Can anyone tell me why my Red Hat 6.1 and 6.2 installations end up with a
screen during installation that has the background fractured like a puzzle and
the text is placed all over the screen like a puzzle too? In addition,
my mouse cursor is a solid square which won't allow me to select by clicking
(even if I could tell what I was clicking on). This installation is on a
Pentium II "Prostar" 5200PT laptop. I believe it has 64MB of
memory. The video controller chip is a Cirrus Logic 7543PCI, SVGA, and
it has a 6xCD, 2Gig HD, and it is being installed as a workstation. I
have tried the "automated" install, the text install, the expert install, and
the custom install. They all failed at the same point, the first
graphical screen, where, I believe I'm supposed to select my mouse. The
laptop has a built in finger pad (PS2) mouse. I have disabled that
(after the first few install failures (uh lessons) and have tried with a two
button Logitech and Compaq mice - same results. The bios have been
updated within the last month by the manufacturer (took them a month
too!).
I also tried to install it on my Win2K machine at home but when I do LILO
does not come up. Win2k boots automatically. I installed Win2k
before I installed the RH Linux versions then fdisked the drives when I
couldn't get the dual boot set up. I then installed the Linux 6.1
version followed by Win2K and LILO would not allow me to select Win2K. I
think there is some contention going on in the MBR but I'm not sure about how
to fix it. Any ideas or articles you could point me too?
Thanks,
Bob Renstrom
