[wellylug] CCUX install stops at "vesafb"

[Bret Comstock Waldow]

On Thu, 12 May 2005 08:13, Rosemary McGillicuddy wrote:
> Pete Black wrote:
> > It sounds more like the problem is that the videocard in your machine is
> > either non-vesa compliant, or chokes on the default vesa framebuffer
> > mode.
> >
> > try appending the 'vga=ask' argument to the kernel and see if you can
> > select a mode that works.
>
> I'm very new to linux and know nothing about this - I guess google is my
> friend ...

I don't use CCUX, but I believe I remember you saying it boots with grub.

When the boot menu appears, press 'e' for edit.
Use the arrow keys to highlight the line with the 'kernel' entry.  Press 'e' 
for edit.
Go to the end of that line, and space then type in the 'vga=ask' bit (without 
the ' characters).  An alternative if that doesn't satisfy is to use 
'vga=scan' the next try.
Press 'Esc' to stop editing.
Press 'b' to boot on the modified entry.

Depending on what's wrong, 'scan' may provide you with a list of valid modes 
to choose from.  'ask' may work for you - try first one then the other - it 
might make it workable, and no matter what happens, it's more information for 
someone to help you with.

If CCUX boots with Lilo, I believe you would just wait for the 'boot:' prompt, 
then enter 'vga=ask' or 'vga=scan' and press Enter.

Cheers,
Bret

>
> > it's also conceivable that framebuffer would work on your machine given
> > the appropriate video= driver appended to the kernel, but the correct
> > args are hardware dependent and can be tricky as hell.
> >
> > I have had very similar issues on macs installing PPC Linux, where
> > framebuffer is mandatory as well. Sorting it out can be an exercise in
> > frustration, and it is unforutnate that your hardware simply seems to be
> > incompatible with CCUX's requirements.
> >
> > -Pete
>
> Guess there's plenty of other distros out there to play with :-)
>
>
> --
> Rosemary
>
> Registered Linux User # 386597  http://counter.li.org
> "A friend may well be a masterpiece of nature".  Emerson
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