Bug 22609

Summary:	Undefined video mode number
Product:	[Retired] Red Hat Linux	Reporter:	Wade Minter <minter>
Component:	anaconda	Assignee:	Michael Fulbright <msf>
Status:	CLOSED RAWHIDE	QA Contact:	Brock Organ <borgan>
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Version:	7.1
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Description Wade Minter 2000-12-20 20:31:50 UTC

Upon starting the installer, I get an "Undefined video mode nubmber" error,
with instructions to press Enter to list modes or enter "scan" to scan.  I
pressed Enter and selected option 0, 80x24, and installation proceeded
normally.

Either the installer's scan is broken, or it should possibly default to
80x24.

Comment 1 Bill Nottingham 2000-12-21 03:28:57 UTC

It's trying VESA framebuffer, your video card (apparently) doesn't
support that.

We're working on disabling the error message so it automatically
falls back to test mode.

Comment 2 Wade Minter 2000-12-21 13:24:22 UTC

The video card is a Voodoo3-3000, 16MB, if that helps.

Comment 3 Michael Fulbright 2000-12-21 19:19:46 UTC

This is a kernel message, and a known issue.