[ltp] Re:Video for TP760XL

[Tony Willoughby]

As a datapoint:  The RH7.3 install was flawless on my 390E.


On Mon, 2002-06-17 at 11:10, Matthew Muzzi wrote:
> After reading a few posts on the list it seems to me that RH 7.3 has many
> problems when it comes to laptops.  I used Mandrake 8.1 and EVERYTHING went
> smooth.  Seems to me to be a limitation on Red Hat's part.  
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Charles E Taylor IV [mailto:tomalek@mindspring.com]
> Sent: Friday, June 14, 2002 8:58 AM
> To: linux-thinkpad@www.bm-soft.com
> Subject: Re: [ltp] Re:Video for TP760XL
> 
> 
> On Fri, 14 Jun 2002 07:09:34 -0400
> Matthew Muzzi <mmuzzi@Exchange.Softimage.com> wrote:
> 
> > That's weird cause I tried to install RedHat 7.3 and kept crashing to a
> > blank screen during install.  I have 3 760XD's and it wouldn't work on
> > any of them.  Any suggestions?  
> 
> I haven't yet tried 7.3, but I notice that sometimes Redhat's installer
> doesn't cope well with either bad media or low memory - crashing in odd
> ways.  You might try using the text-based installer instead and then
> configuring X.
> 
> For what it's worth, Redhat 7.2 installed fine on my 760XD.  I used the
> network install because I didn't have a functional CD-ROM at the time.  I
> *think* this kicked me into text mode.
> 
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