The GUI install mode will fail on a SMI 910 Lynx card. However, if I pass the vga=0x314 (which corresponds to 800x600 @ 16bpp) option at the boot promt everything works fine. I also tested vga=0x317 which worked fine.
Does the 'nofb' option work?
This defect is considered MUST-FIX for Florence Gold release
Yes, the vga mode was being incorrectly set to vga=787, which is 15 bit color. We've changed it now to vga=788, which is the same at vga=0x314.
No the "nofb" does not work either. It says that a "svga" card was found and that it will use the fb device (which fails). I looks like anaconda does not setup the card correctly. This might be related to #22847.
The debug messages are misleading. The message that you are seeing means that the installer has found the framebuffer...not that it is using it. We have seriously reworked this code in the past few days and I'm confident that your card will work correctly now. Brock, please verify if we have one of these cards in the test lab.