peter eades wrote:
> looks like the famous sis video chip problem If this is the case then there is
> no way of directly installing prog. You would have to do a debian install then
>"crossgrade" to prog. newton.
> This is well documented in the mailing list. The scsi cd rom thing is normal.
>
> Peter
>
Oh, I do have an old S3 card as well! Is it easy to change the card
after install? The S3 is only capable of 800x600 in 16bit color. With
the framebuffer device the SiS yields a higher resolution.
>
> On Wed, Sep 12, 2001 at 03:29:05PM +0300, Juha Siltala wrote:
>
>>Hi all,
>>
>>The progeny install fails when switching to the VGA mode of the first
>>installation stage. This right after mouse detection. I have tried a
>>different mouse, makes no difference. The debug console complains a
>>"neighbour buffer/stack [can't remember which] overflow. Also, it loads
>>a scsi cdrom driver. I have a ATAPI IDE drive. Is this normal? After
>>all, it boots ok. The install draws an empty screen and fails/freezes. I
>>can reboot with ctrl-alt-del in the debug console but the installation
>>screen is dead. What's up? I'm running another linux distribution right
>>now, so my hardware can't be all that bad :)
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