Re: Fresh FC4 install issues

[Jim Cornette <fc-cornette insight rr com>]

AdabalaP schneider com wrote:
> > I tried to performed a graphical install but got a "white screen",
> > So switched to test based install, Installation went fine. Now i
> > get the same "white screen" when i rebooted. Has any one seen this
> > issue ?
> >
> > Details: Model - Compaq Presario, Video Card - Cyber Blade

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=160580

This person has.

What might be helpful is to try to replace the file described in
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=157556
regarding replacing /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/libvgahw.a
with a version from extracting it from the latest FC3 version of xorg-x11.

Good luck!
What this will provide is confirmation that this file is wreaking havoc 
on a slew of different video cards. If it works, you will have more than 
a white screen for your GUI.
Including binary hacks with released binaries are not sent out with the 
binary rpms. sometimes the hack is desirable compared to the 
alternatives though.
Rename the FC4 version before you do this replacement. You might need to 
restart the computer, change runlevel or restart the x server in some 
other way for the change to take effect.

I like to use mc (midnight commander) to dive into rpms to extract files 
from it. There are probably other utilities to extract the file, but 
just a suggested program.

Jim