Beta installation failed - video error

[Bill Nottingham]

Nicu Buculei (nicu_fedora at nicubunu.ro) said: 
> I failed to install the Fedora 9 Beta toe to a video error on my system
> with Intel on-board graphics (82G965).
>
> I have the same error using both the GNOME Live CD and the classic DVD:
> I have no text, no icons and no buttons visible. The only thing I can
> see is underscores for keyboard accelerators (but not also their
> corresponding key).
> With the Live CD I don't have them either in RHGB, GDM and the desktop.
> Using the normal install DVD, without text and buttons in Anaconda I
> stopped right away.
>
> Here are a few screenshots of the Live CD desktop (Anaconda is exactly the 
> same): http://nicubunu.ro/pictures/f9beta/

Boot with xdriver=vesa for the moment.

> I believe I can to a text install, do a yum update and hope for the
> best, but I don't think this is a sane thing to do on my primary desktop.
> Any ideas?
>
> The bug report is https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=438969

Known issue; there is a supposed fix in upstream git.

Bill