Re: vesa-mode Anaconda install

2010-08-11 Thread Adam Williamson
On Wed, 2010-08-11 at 14:05 -0700, Bob Arendt wrote: > On 08/11/10 10:03, Adam Williamson wrote: > > On Wed, 2010-08-11 at 08:20 -0700, Bob Arendt wrote: > >> . > >> Perhaps having a simple "vesa" arg to anaconda to force a vesa Xserver > >> would provide a quick and simple work-around. It se

Re: vesa-mode Anaconda install

2010-08-11 Thread Bob Arendt
On 08/11/10 10:03, Adam Williamson wrote: > On Wed, 2010-08-11 at 08:20 -0700, Bob Arendt wrote: >> . >> Perhaps having a simple "vesa" arg to anaconda to force a vesa Xserver >> would provide a quick and simple work-around. It seems like this might >> be a simple hack to add to anaconda. A

Re: vesa-mode Anaconda install

2010-08-11 Thread Adam Williamson
On Wed, 2010-08-11 at 08:20 -0700, Bob Arendt wrote: > If support for text mode installation is dead (or dying), recent > traffic on the test & develop list indicates that there's still a > strong need to have a fall-back installation mode. Just in case the > your particular version of Radeon, NVi

Re: vesa-mode Anaconda install

2010-08-11 Thread Jos Vos
On Wed, Aug 11, 2010 at 11:22:48AM -0400, Adam Jackson wrote: > nomodeset should do this. The KMS X driver should fail to bind and then > we should fall back to vesa naturally. If we don't it's an X driver > bug. It's not always that simple. For the Intel problem I earlier mailed about (see

Re: vesa-mode Anaconda install

2010-08-11 Thread Bob Arendt
On 08/11/10 08:25, Chris Lumens wrote: >> Perhaps having a simple "vesa" arg to anaconda to force a vesa Xserver >> would provide a quick and simple work-around. It seems like this might >> be a simple hack to add to anaconda. A short-hand for xdriver=vesa > > Why do we need a shorthand for an

Re: vesa-mode Anaconda install

2010-08-11 Thread Chris Lumens
> Perhaps having a simple "vesa" arg to anaconda to force a vesa Xserver > would provide a quick and simple work-around. It seems like this might > be a simple hack to add to anaconda. A short-hand for xdriver=vesa Why do we need a shorthand for an argument you should only have to type once? xd

Re: vesa-mode Anaconda install

2010-08-11 Thread Adam Jackson
On Wed, 2010-08-11 at 08:20 -0700, Bob Arendt wrote: > If support for text mode installation is dead (or dying), recent > traffic on the test & develop list indicates that there's still a > strong need to have a fall-back installation mode. Just in case the > your particular version of Radeon, NVi

vesa-mode Anaconda install

2010-08-11 Thread Bob Arendt
If support for text mode installation is dead (or dying), recent traffic on the test & develop list indicates that there's still a strong need to have a fall-back installation mode. Just in case the your particular version of Radeon, NVidia, (.. whatever) hardware is recognized but doesn't run cor