I've got an old server, that I'm *trying* to rebuild from C6. Our
regular
key, with the kickstarts, etc, simply won't boot. Just a blank screen, and
it never goes anywhere.
So I'm trying to build it from a year-old regular installer.
100% of the time, the graphical screen is screwed. Resolution's so big
that I cannot see the right-hand 10% or 15% of the screen. There doesn't
seem to be any way that I've found yet to make it higher res, so I can
read it.
It's *not* the monitor's fault. It is an ancient Matrox video card...
but
I would have thought the VESA driver could handle it.
Any suggestions?
mark
On Feb 14, 2019, at 1:47 PM, mark <m.roth at 5-cent.us> wrote:> > Any suggestions?Do a text install: https://unix.stackexchange.com/a/361935/138
On Thu, Feb 14, 2019 at 06:30:40PM -0700, Warren Young wrote:> Do a text install: https://unix.stackexchange.com/a/361935/138If you think he's frustrated now... The text installer is garbage and has been since EL5 days, the only reason it even exists is because it's part of the kickstart framework. I would suggest a vnc-based install. John -- "Here's what I do know. I don't care. I'm sick of it. I'm sick of needy, crazy, stupid liars. Seriously, I can't take it anymore. I grew up with them, I live with them, I work with them. And no matter how fast I run or how far I go they breed and come after me. It's like a zombie movie except the only scary part is it never ends." -- 13 seconds of dialogue from Mary McCormack as Mary Shannon in USA's "In Plain Sight" -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: not available Type: application/pgp-signature Size: 198 bytes Desc: not available URL: <http://lists.centos.org/pipermail/centos/attachments/20190214/ac03cf0a/attachment-0002.sig>
On Thu, 14 Feb 2019 at 15:48, mark <m.roth at 5-cent.us> wrote:> > I've got an old server, that I'm *trying* to rebuild from C6. Our regular > key, with the kickstarts, etc, simply won't boot. Just a blank screen, and > it never goes anywhere. > > So I'm trying to build it from a year-old regular installer. > > 100% of the time, the graphical screen is screwed. Resolution's so big > that I cannot see the right-hand 10% or 15% of the screen. There doesn't > seem to be any way that I've found yet to make it higher res, so I can > read it. > > It's *not* the monitor's fault. It is an ancient Matrox video card... but > I would have thought the VESA driver could handle it. >Easiest would be put $20.00 into an old video card to replace the Matrox. Matrox support seems to have degraded in X11 after 2010 or so. The next solution would be to try the text mode and stick to that. The third is to find kernel vesa modes on the bootline which may help https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=466318 vga=0x318 looks like an option?> Any suggestions? > > mark > > _______________________________________________ > CentOS mailing list > CentOS at centos.org > https://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos-- Stephen J Smoogen.
Stephen John Smoogen wrote:> On Thu, 14 Feb 2019 at 15:48, mark <m.roth at 5-cent.us> wrote: >> >> I've got an old server, that I'm *trying* to rebuild from C6. Our >> regular key, with the kickstarts, etc, simply won't boot. Just a blank >> screen, and it never goes anywhere. >> >> So I'm trying to build it from a year-old regular installer. >> >> 100% of the time, the graphical screen is screwed. Resolution's so big >> that I cannot see the right-hand 10% or 15% of the screen. There doesn't >> seem to be any way that I've found yet to make it higher res, so I can >> read it. >> >> It's *not* the monitor's fault. It is an ancient Matrox video card... >> but I would have thought the VESA driver could handle it. > > Easiest would be put $20.00 into an old video card to replace the > Matrox. Matrox support seems to have degraded in X11 after 2010 or so.To me, this is a non-sequitur. I'm at work, and was fighting for far too long yesterday - hours - to get this system built and up. I got it up - that *also* required another USB key with an archived kmod-forcedeth rpm, but it wasn't ready to do backups LAST NIGHT. I've gotten it to that point this morning. To say "spend $20..." does not relate to "have to find a workaround to do it *today*", nor to "this is a work system, I'm not driving out to Microcenter to buy one".> > The next solution would be to try the text mode and stick to that.Oh, right, I tried that. Text mode does NOT allow you to encrypt your drive. Missing option. When I did the second? rebuild, I chose a basic server, after, when I tried to install kmod-forcedeth, and realized it needed kernel-devel and kernel-headers... and when I tried to install them, it told me there was no perl. Trying to think of what "minimal system" would be used for - a hacked Roomba (tm)?> The third is to find kernel vesa modes on the bootline which may help > > https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=466318 > > vga=0x318 > > looks like an option?Found that I could put resolution=640x480, or vga=(same). 100% of the time, on boot, it came up telling me it didn't recognize anything, but gave me about 20 options. I tried several, and it seemed to get a good resolution... but after it switched root, it went back to the original resolution, and *nothing* - trust me on this, I rebooted at least 4 times *nothing* changed the resolution on the GUI installer; it *always* came up with the right hand side chopped. At least the system's doing backups again, now. But I thought I'd be done the rebuild before lunch *yesterday*, not fighting it until I left last night. mark