Subject: Re: Mandrake Issue
From: Jim Gribbin (jgribbin@alaska.net)
Date: Tue Feb 05 2002 - 23:02:09 AKST
I had that happen on RH too on 7.0 with one video card I was trying. X
would lock up if I attempted testing the config, but if I skipped
testing, it ran fine. RH had an errata on it.
Jim
On Tue, 2002-02-05 at 08:00, civileme wrote:
>
> On Tuesday 05 February 2002 12:39 am, Adam Elkins wrote:
> > While installing Mandrake 8.1 on this new box I built,
> > it install all the way up to the video settings, I
> > choose the moniter I'm using, the res and color depth,
> > click OK, screen goes blank and this pops up:
> >
> > /tmp/imm.o: init_module: No Such Device
> > /tmp/ppa.o: init_module: No Such Device
> >
> >
> > any guesses here? I might have somethng to do on
> > Friday after all...
> >
> >
> > Adam
> >
>
> Those messages are not unusual, and certain rigs will freeze under testing
> but run fine afterwards (matter of strictness in the setup which is somewhat
> relaxed during install to assure detection).
>
> If you got that far in installing, unless you were looking at very low
> resolution screens all the way, (color/theme bar in lower left corner three
> parts instead of four), you can always use FBDev as a fail-safe, at 1024x768
> in 16-bit color.
>
> Civileme
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