Guest SteM Posted August 29, 2006 Report Share Posted August 29, 2006 Hi all, i'm installing Mandriva CD (Mandriva-One-Americas-Western-Europe-2006-CD.iso ) into a session of VitualPC 2004. The boot process is ok until it arrives to setup screens, then the window size is doubled in horizontal and the view is bad; with some odds is it possible to view some dialog and then i can go on. When the desktop is shown there are again an odd view. The Mandrake 10 (and any other distros) installation was OK. I try with vga=791 as command line option but nothing changed: the text rows scrolled and here view was ok. When it arrives to first setup screens (and to the desktop) it blows. Is there any solution ? Thanks a lot ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ianw1974 Posted August 29, 2006 Report Share Posted August 29, 2006 What did you configure as video card? Suggest trying vesa. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest SteM Posted August 29, 2006 Report Share Posted August 29, 2006 Thanks, but how can i do it ? The only insertion point is on the boot command line .... 'vga=vesa' ? Is there a way when i will be in the (messy and part-of) desktop? Maybe if i have not to open a lot of menu levels or windows, i should be able to change the settings, but i'm a n00b and i don't know how :unsure: Thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ianw1974 Posted August 29, 2006 Report Share Posted August 29, 2006 Best way is this. Boot the system, when you see the GUI or even if it's not working correctly, do this: CTRL-ALT-F1 (to switch to a console screen) Login as root and enter your root password service dm stop (stops running X server) mcc when mcc loads, go into display, and configure your graphics in here, then when finished, you can reboot the system using: reboot or try with: service dm start ALT-F7 (to get the GUI) and see if it's any better. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest SteM Posted August 29, 2006 Report Share Posted August 29, 2006 Thanks again ! Now it works ! CTRL-ALT-F1 was not working but i was able to open a shell and then i stopped dm: i stayed in a text shell and then i was able to lauch mcc and change display settings. thanks, thanks, thanks !! :D Is there a way now to start an installation from the iso live ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ianw1974 Posted August 29, 2006 Report Share Posted August 29, 2006 There is, unfortunately, I've never used the Live CD so can't help you on that. I normally just use the 2006 disks as I never downloaded the Live CD. I would have thought it would have been somewhere in the gui off the Live CD once it's booted. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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