Bug 98596 - Installation fails on boot with SiS630
Summary: Installation fails on boot with SiS630
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Status: CLOSED CURRENTRELEASE
Alias: None
Product: Red Hat Linux
Classification: Retired
Component: installer
Version: 9
Hardware: i386
OS: Linux
medium
medium
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Jeremy Katz
QA Contact: Brock Organ
URL:
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: 98597 (view as bug list)
Depends On:
Blocks:
TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2003-07-04 12:45 UTC by Martin Janser
Modified: 2007-04-18 16:55 UTC (History)
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Last Closed: 2004-10-05 03:15:55 UTC
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Description Martin Janser 2003-07-04 12:45:21 UTC 
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Description of problem:
After booting from the Redhat Linux 9 CD and pressing [Enter] on my notebook,
the screen displays just some colors. If I try to change the console, the colors
appear there as well.

Adding parameters like "noprobe" or "lowres" didn't help.

The notebook has a SiS630 graphics card.

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):


How reproducible:
Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Boot from CD
2. Start the installation
    

Actual Results:  The screen fills with colors.

Expected Results:  The installation should start.

Additional info:

I installed Redhat on other machines from the same CD's.
Redhat Linux 8.0 works fine on my notebook, but not the new version!
Comment 1 Jeremy Katz 2003-07-09 05:19:37 UTC 
*** Bug 98597 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
Comment 2 Jeremy Katz 2003-07-09 05:20:41 UTC 
Does 'nofb' help?
Comment 3 Martin Janser 2003-07-09 15:13:35 UTC 
Yes, that help! Great!
Thanks a lot!

But what does "nofb" do? And why couldn't I find it anywhere?
Comment 4 Michael Fulbright 2003-07-14 16:32:19 UTC 
Sorry, try

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