I am having 2 real issues after installing:

Installing on dell Latitude d400

1) I get "pass undefined mode number" and I choose every option possible (0,1,2,3,4,5,6 - with each COLSxROWS) and I get the same result a screen with with all one color (yellow)

2) In attempt to work through possible video configuration issues my attempt to get a prompt using CTRL ALT F1 I get NOTHING

HELP HELP HELP

edit your /etc/lilo.conf file and change vga=??? to vga=normal then run lilo -v this can be done from a root xterm or ssh.

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Thanks so much for your help!

That part of the problem I can not get to a prompt to do anything. CTRL ALT F1 does nothing I get the same odd yellow screen no prompt

once you do what I said ctrl+alt+F? will work, however you will have to use either xterm or ssh to make the changes I described. After reboot the consoles should work.

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Thanks again for your help.

It seems (may not be a truth) that the network is not started so how would I ssh from another machine to this one?

Is the network started right after the install? I am thinking not since all the network configuration is not done yet (like dhcp etc).

again thanks for your help

no the network is not started right after install it is started after you run through the first setup script when X starts up. I guess what you are saying is X won't start, and you have no console. This makes things a bit more difficult. the only way to fix it is to boot off the cd with the tv boot option then mount the harddrive chroot change lilo and run lilo -v There should be some more detailed instructions on the forum somewhere.

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Any idea where I might find that info on the forum?