Re: 2011 installation part 2

Phil,

2011-09-13 13:21, Phil skrev:
> I've advanced a little during the past few hours.
>
> I now realise that it's not the vga boot mode that's the problem. However, I 
> cannot see how I can set a screen resolution that suits the installer. By the 
> way I can run the DVD on a much older laptop without any problems.
>
> Any suggestions will be gratefully appreciated.
>

Suggestions asked. OK i'll try.

1) It can be KMS (Kernel Mode Setting) interfering with your machine.
Disable it via "nomodeset" .
     See:
http://wiki.mandriva.com/en/2011.0_Errata#On_some_ATI_GPU_system_starts_with_a_black_screen
     and http://forum.mandriva.com/en/viewtopic.php?t=133108

2) the system is interpreting the default DDI settings for your monitor
wrongly. This can be corrected by adding the correct values to
xorg.conf, but that is strange when installing. You can use another
monitor maybe at first?

Peter