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Virtual PC & Redhat 6 & Video
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| flourface@hotmail.com 2005-09-01, 6:02 pm |
| Hello,
I'm trying to install Redhat 9 on Virtual PC 2004. It automatically
detected the video card, which was the wrong one but I accepted it
anyway. Now the install is almost complete but there's weird looking
graphics. I can barely read 'Welcome. There are a few more steps to
take...'.
How can I fix the video? I did a google search & found a few answers,
none of which is working..ctrl-alt-f1, alt-space, etc. I can't get to a
command prompt to go into XF86Config to fix the video.
Thanks.
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| nsouza 2005-09-28, 2:50 am |
| I'm having the same issue. I know there is a fix, but I can't find it
anywhere.
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| nsouza 2005-09-28, 2:50 am |
| This might work...
To enter text mode, reboot your computer. If you use the
default boot
loader, GRUB, you can enter the non-GUI mode by
performing the following:
1. At the boot loader menu, type [e] to enter into
editing mode.
2. You will be presented with a boot entry listing. Look
for the line
that looks similar to the following:
kernel /vmlinuz-2.4.18-0.4 ro root=/dev/hda2
Press the arrow key until this line is highlighted and
press [e].
3. Press the Spacebar once to add a blank space, then add
the number
3 to tell GRUB to boot into Linux text mode. Press
[Enter] to make the
editing change take effect.
4. You will be brought back to the edit mode screen. From
here, press
[b] and GRUB will boot into the Linux text mode. After
it finishes
loading, you will be presented with a shell prompt.
5. Enter the user name; root and provide the password
when prompted.
6. Enter the command; redhat-config-xfree86 -reconfig
You might want to edit the file /etc/inittab and change;
id:5:initdefault:
to; id:3:initdefault: until you get your X-windows
configuration working
also. ( vi /etc/fstab , see 'man vi' for help using vi)
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