[CentOS] Dell Dimension 2400 W/Intel 845-G Video

Wed Oct 8 15:53:45 UTC 2014
Johnny Hughes <johnny at centos.org>

On 10/06/2014 08:45 PM, Peter wrote:
> On 10/06/2014 03:47 PM, Mark LaPierre wrote:
>> I've been Googeling and experimenting for two days trying to find a way
>> to deal with the Intel 845-G video chipset in this Dell Dimension 2400.
>>  First, it doesn't have a DVD drive so I have to install from a CD.
>> When I try to boot into the Live CD I get a video error something like,
>> Undefined video mode number: 317.  It hangs at the splash screen.
> 
> Lots of solutions for this in google:
> https://www.google.co.nz/search?q=%22Undefined+video+mode+number%3A+317%22
> 
> The driver for that chipset is just the regular intel driver:
> yum install xorg-x11-drv-intel
> 
> You never mentioned which version of CentOS you're trying to install.

I would also make sure I had the latest BIOS update ... should not
impact the video issue, but would likely fix your CD issue.

http://dell.to/10Q29mz


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