On Tue, Nov 29, 2005 at 11:31:40PM -0500, Chuck Hast wrote:
> I am trying to install SuSE on a HP Vectra VL400 DT. CD reads just fine,
> you see the usual SuSE splash screen, select "install" and then get the
> text screen as the CD starts to load things, it gets to the point where it
> says it is starting YaST, and states that it has found a consol. Then it
> appears to start probing the video, the screen goes blank, comes back
> and goes through that a few times then the next thing I know the screen
> has rolling trash on it. Anyone try to put Linux on a VL400 DT?
>
Every time I've ever seen this, it's been a video issue where the OS
can't properly guess the video (card or display). The system tries
various resolutions, etc., and stutters on each one until it finds one
it likes. Unless it doesn't find one it likes. In your case, it sounds
like it _thinks_ it's found the right combination, but really hasn't.
I've always handled this by attempting a console/curses installation.
Then later I go back and try to tweak the X config to make things work
right. Unfortunately, there's usually no way of telling the installer to
use a generic VGA setting, which would probably work but look like crap.
Paul
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