On Sat, Mar 15, 2003 at 06:31:59PM -0500, Metnetsky wrote: > I realize that the subject is a horrible description, but it takes some > explaining. I've just done a base install of Debian on my Dell 8200 > laptop which previously has Red Hat installed. In Red Hat, console or X > mode, everything looked fine. In Debian however, the installer had > lines running up and down it, I just figured it was a weird X driver > issue since I have a Nvidia GeForce 4 Go card (which requires special > drivers from Nvidia to run). Now however I've completed the installer > and am in basic console mode (nothing else installed at the moment), and > all the text has awful blue lines on randomly placed corners of > character. It's hideous and quite hard to read. Any suggestions on > what I might do to fix this? I know that it has to be fixable since Red > Hat never posed this problem. Any help would be greatly appreciated, as > I'd like to stay with Debian after everything I've read.
It might be a weird framebuffer thing...I can't remember the exact command to disable it off the top of my head, but searching the list archives for 'disable framebuffer' should give the answer. -- Rob Weir <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> http://ertius.org/
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