tricky installation problem!
hello there good folks,
my question is: what is the next level of help available? who are the gurus?
but here's why i'm asking...
you may have seen my prior email regarding problems in installation. in case
not here's a brief restatement (and also in case you can help ;>
i'm trying to install debian on a micron millennia transport with 1 gig
partitioned for win98 and 1 gig partition for the soon to be debian
system. video chip: cirrus logic 7548 pci. upon installing from either floppy
or dos partition thing go smoothly until that first dialogue box that asks
"color or monochrome?" right before the dialogue box open, the screen blacks
out. the dialogue box is there - i can see it under special lighting
conditions and the screen turns back on when i restart (ctrl-alt-del). i wish
to goodness i knew what was going on. here's a lead, taken from
http://linux.isdi.com ... (included in case it helps find the solution)
===== begin quoted text =====
Steven A. Reisman sent me this for all those suffering with the video blackout
problem on the Transport XPE.
I've made some progress with my Micron Transport XPE. The Linux boot code
doesn't know about the Cirrus 7555 video chip. It identifies it as a Cirrux
54xx. The code saves the current video settings and mis-initializes the chip
causing the screen to blank. When I hit CTL-ALT-DEL, the saved video settings
are restored during shutdown which turns the screen back on.
To work around this problem I disabled SVGA video configuration by changing an
#ifdef in "arch/i386/boot/video.S". Here's a patch for 2.0.31:
--- video.S.orig Tue Nov 4 11:52:38 1997
+++ video.S Wed Nov 5 09:23:25 1997
@@ -6,13 +6,13 @@
!
! Enable autodetection of SVGA adapters and modes
-#define CONFIG_VIDEO_SVGA
+#undef CONFIG_VIDEO_SVGA
! Enable autodetection of VESA modes
===== end quoted text =====
so i've been working on this for a few days now and i've run into so many
walls my nose hurts.
does mr. steven reisman have it there? is the solution to change the source
code of the install files? (if so, how do i get the source, which source, a
compiler etc etc all for dos?)
does the solution involve the computer manufacturer? is there something about
the video chip (cirrus logic 7548 pci)?
is there no solution? (something that while i must admit feasible am
completely ignoring)
i've heard of people getting other distributions to run on this machine,
notably slackware, but until there's no blood left to fight with >;} i'm
sticking with debian. spiritually, it's the right way to go, as i'm sure you
all agree.
so, are there any debian gurus out there who love tricky problems?
well folks, here's my latest cry for help. i've switched all the bios
gatchgees i could and i don't know what else to do...
thank you infinity times infinity ahead of time,
a
arigold@bigfoot.com
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