I get a little further with the xforcevesa boot option. The desktop is 
displayed (rather than nothing!) but it still hangs.

Steve H.

On Monday 04 August 2008 12:17:11 Juan Miguel Corral wrote:
> I am experiencing a similar problem, also with an ATI 9200. LiveCD hangs
> on startup (I only can see a big white square). It gets solved adding
> the "xforcevesa" option.
>
> When I install it, it dispays KDM login properly, and I can even start a
> session in failsafe console mode. But when I start a normal session, it
> shows the splah screen (without the messages, just the graphics: no
> fonts), and then the big white square. Sometimes it appears what looks
> like the edge of an enormous font. This makes me think the problem has
> something to do with font rendering.
>
> If I login in failsafe console and select vesa screen driver, it works,
> but obviously I cannot take advantage of the graphic card's features.
>
> I can help posting the logs, if somebody tells me what log can be
> useful.
>
> Best regards. Juan.


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