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I cannot install RedHat 6.1 on a Sony VAIO PCV-R538DS PC. This PC is running Window 98 with two FAT32 disk partitions: (1)hda1 5122M Win95 FAT32 (Drive C)and (2)hda5 11099M Win95 FAT32 (Drive D). I was not able to start the GUI installation tool; however, I was able to start the non-graphical install but could not finish the installation due to the following error messages. I tried installing by booting from the floppy disk, hard disk, and CDROM but still does not work. The graphic card and monitorinstall on this desktop PC are: * 128-bit 3D, 2X AGP graphic accelerator (ATiRage 128 GL) * 16MB Video memory (SDRAM) *ViewSonic VP150 ViewPanel (model:VLCDS21434-1 (recommeded using VESA 1024x768@75HZ) I downloaded the ATiRage 128 based chipset from Precision Insight but cannot install the drive unless Linux is installed. ---------------------------------------------------- Fatal server error: no screen found _X11TransSocketUNIXConnect: Can't connect: errno= 111 Traceback(innermost last): File "/usr/bin/anaconda", line 145, in ? from gui import Install Interface File "/usr/lib/python1.5/site-packages/gui.py", lin 9, in ? from gtk import * File "/usr/lib/python1.5/sit-packages/gtk.py", line 29, in ? _gtk.gtk_init() Runtime Error: cannot open display install exited abnormally sending temination signals ... done sendging kill signals ... done unmounting file systems /mnt/source /dev/pts /proc you may safely reboot your system -----------------------------------------------------
Workaround: Use the "text expert" installation mode to install linux, in the X configuration section choose the ATI Rage (or anyother mach64 chipset) and the values for your monitor. Skip the test for X (it won't work very well anyway ;) and finish the installation. Then the PI driver can be installed and X configured with the new driver (see /usr/doc/XFCom-r128-glibc2.1-1.0.0/README for install instructions.)