Westinghouse LCD 19in problem

[orbjeeples]

I have an old Gateway E-4200 with a new WESTINGHOUSE 19 inch lcd. When I am trying to install Fedora Core 4 from a dvd every thing starts fine, then at the screen that explains how to navigate through the install pages only the top, left 2/3 of the screen is visible and the boxes to click are not on the screen. Can anyone offer a solution. Thanks in advance.

[bob]

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[Seve]

Originally Posted by orbjeeples

I have an old Gateway E-4200 with a new WESTINGHOUSE 19 inch lcd. When I am trying to install Fedora Core 4 from a dvd every thing starts fine, then at the screen that explains how to navigate through the install pages only the top, left 2/3 of the screen is visible and the boxes to click are not on the screen. Can anyone offer a solution. Thanks in advance.

Hi:
The obvious /easiest solution is to hook up another monitor for the install (if you have one available) and switch later.... or install the system using the text mode.

Seve

[vazel]

i had the same problem. the top left part of the screen was blown up and i couldn't see the rest of the screen. it was because i had both vga and dvi ports on the vid card connected(for dual view in windows). disconnected dvi for install and everything worked.

[orbjeeples]

Thanks for the suggestions, although they didn't solve the problem they led me to the solution. I was only using one monitor, and I did switch it out for an old one but still had the problem. Next, I looked through my extra hardware for a newer video card. Problem solved! The card that did not work was an AccelGraphics, Inc. 225-0128-01 REV. D, on the back side a sticker labled Visiontek.

[pdwhit]

Originally Posted by orbjeeples

Thanks for the suggestions, although they didn't solve the problem they led me to the solution. I was only using one monitor, and I did switch it out for an old one but still had the problem. Next, I looked through my extra hardware for a newer video card. Problem solved! The card that did not work was an AccelGraphics, Inc. 225-0128-01 REV. D, on the back side a sticker labled Visiontek.

I have the same video card (AccelGraphics, Inc. 225-0128-01 REV. D, on the back side a sticker labled Visiontek). When I install Red Hat 7 everything works fine. When I attempt to install Fedora 4 core it hangs at a blank blue screen for a couple of minutes and then I get what seems to be core dump with a couple of pages of hex/chars displaying on the screen. I also have tried the "linux text" option and the same thing happens.
Does any one know if there is an option that I can specify to get past this?

[orbjeeples]

As I said, the solution that worked for me was just a different old video card. But I would recomend newer is better, and if you don't have an extra they are cheap for the no-frills variety.