Re: Catch-22 : wide monitor -- Surprise!

2009-01-01 Thread Bill Davidsen
fred smith wrote: On Mon, Dec 29, 2008 at 11:19:45AM -0500, Bill Davidsen wrote: Beartooth wrote: Btw, I don't really suppose this new change in anaconda is an act of purposeful obscurantism -- but the result is not significantly different. If the developers were deliberately trying to drive

Re: Catch-22 : wide monitor -- Surprise!

2008-12-29 Thread fred smith
On Mon, Dec 29, 2008 at 11:19:45AM -0500, Bill Davidsen wrote: > Beartooth wrote: > > > Btw, I don't really suppose this new change in anaconda is an act > >of purposeful obscurantism -- but the result is not significantly > >different. If the developers were deliberately trying to drive non

Re: Catch-22 : wide monitor -- Surprise!

2008-12-29 Thread Bill Davidsen
Beartooth wrote: Btw, I don't really suppose this new change in anaconda is an act of purposeful obscurantism -- but the result is not significantly different. If the developers were deliberately trying to drive non- technoid users away, they could hardly do it more effectively than by this a

Re: Catch-22 : wide monitor

2008-12-29 Thread Bill Davidsen
Matthew Saltzman wrote: On Fri, 2008-12-26 at 18:22 -0500, Christopher K. Johnson wrote: ... "linux vga=792" or some other vesa mode you like for your hardware. I've often wondered: where are these magic numbers documented, or how can they be decoded to figure out what to use with, say, a 12

Re: Catch-22 : wide monitor

2008-12-27 Thread Konstantin Svist
Beartooth wrote: > Last time a monitor bit the dust on me, the local shops were > already carrying wide ones all but exclusively, blast them -- such > dimensions were mythical beasts when even the newest of my machines were > built. > > After much tedious labor and more bitter cursin

Re: Catch-22 : wide monitor

2008-12-27 Thread Frank Cox
On Sat, 27 Dec 2008 15:28:51 + (UTC) Beartooth wrote: > OK, I tried, several times. The old choice "install in text mode" > is gone. Hit ESC at the first install menu. -- MELVILLE THEATRE ~ Melville Sask ~ http://www.melvilletheatre.com DRY CLEANER BUSINESS FOR SALE ~ http://www.can

Re: Catch-22 : wide monitor -- Surprise!

2008-12-27 Thread Beartooth
On Sat, 27 Dec 2008 16:06:01 +, I Beartooth wrote: [] >> Today I decided to tackle my main machine. Anaconda launches -- >> but before it starts asking about language, keyboard, etc, I get the >> dread "signal out of range; set to 1680x1050". [] > After several more f

Re: Catch-22 : wide monitor -- Surprise!

2008-12-27 Thread Beartooth
On Fri, 26 Dec 2008 21:45:38 +, Beartooth wrote: > Last time a monitor bit the dust on me, the local shops were already > carrying wide ones all but exclusively, blast them -- such dimensions > were mythical beasts when even the newest of my machines were built. > > After much tedious l

Re: Catch-22 : wide monitor

2008-12-27 Thread Beartooth
On Fri, 26 Dec 2008 15:03:49 -0800, Kam Leo wrote: > I would do the following: > > At the installation screen type "linux text" to perform your > installation. OK, I tried, several times. The old choice "install in text mode" is gone. Right after the ISOLINUX, a line flashes --

Re: Catch-22 : wide monitor

2008-12-26 Thread Ed Greshko
Matthew Saltzman wrote: > On Fri, 2008-12-26 at 18:22 -0500, Christopher K. Johnson wrote: > >> >> ... "linux vga=792" or some other >> vesa mode you like for your hardware. >> > > I've often wondered: where are these magic numbers documented, or how > can they be decoded to figure out w

Re: Catch-22 : wide monitor

2008-12-26 Thread Ed Greshko
Matthew Saltzman wrote: > On Fri, 2008-12-26 at 18:22 -0500, Christopher K. Johnson wrote: > >> >> ... "linux vga=792" or some other >> vesa mode you like for your hardware. >> > > I've often wondered: where are these magic numbers documented, or how > can they be decoded to figure out w

Re: Catch-22 : wide monitor

2008-12-26 Thread Matthew Saltzman
On Fri, 2008-12-26 at 18:22 -0500, Christopher K. Johnson wrote: > > ... "linux vga=792" or some other > vesa mode you like for your hardware. I've often wondered: where are these magic numbers documented, or how can they be decoded to figure out what to use with, say, a 1280x800 or 1280x1024 o

Re: Catch-22 : wide monitor

2008-12-26 Thread Christopher K. Johnson
Kam Leo wrote: On Fri, Dec 26, 2008 at 1:45 PM, Beartooth wrote: Today I decided to tackle my main machine. Anaconda launches -- but before it starts asking about language, keyboard, etc, I get the dread "signal out of range; set to 1680x1050". But it has never ever yet let me get to

Re: Catch-22 : wide monitor

2008-12-26 Thread Kam Leo
On Fri, Dec 26, 2008 at 1:45 PM, Beartooth wrote: > >Last time a monitor bit the dust on me, the local shops were > already carrying wide ones all but exclusively, blast them -- such > dimensions were mythical beasts when even the newest of my machines were > built. > >After much t

Catch-22 : wide monitor

2008-12-26 Thread Beartooth
Last time a monitor bit the dust on me, the local shops were already carrying wide ones all but exclusively, blast them -- such dimensions were mythical beasts when even the newest of my machines were built. After much tedious labor and more bitter cursing, I got Fedora *and*