On Mon, 2009-11-09 at 14:44 -0500, Steve Campbell wrote: > > nate wrote: > > Steve Campbell wrote: > > > >> I'm trying to install a newly downloaded Centos 5.4 on an older Dell > >> PowerEdge 300. Unfortunately, it came with one of those ATI Rage 2.0 > >> video cards. The install screens show fine, and the initial screen does > >> fine, but once it starts the "firstboot" section, where I'm supposed to > >> select the firewall and such, I get two thirds of the top of the screen > >> and a repeat of the top third on the bottom. Hence I don't get the > >> bottom third where all of the selection buttons are. > >> > >> Anybody have a clue how to get around this? > >> > > > > You mean R300 ? Try installing using a serial console. > > > > nate > > > > > > > nate, thanks but... > > R300? > > Don't have or know what a serial monitor is also. > > I found a link to something on google that sort of suggests it's a > problem with the xorg.conf file and the monitor, not the video adapter. > I'll see if I can't get it resolved and report back. If your only problem is that you can't get to buttons on the bottom of the screen, try "alt-left-mouse-button" to drag the window around on the screen to see the parts that are hidden. > > steve > > _______________________________________________ > CentOS mailing list > CentOS at centos.org > http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos -- Ron Loftin reloftin at twcny.rr.com "God, root, what is difference ?" Piter from UserFriendly