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Posted: April 24 2005,02:36 QUOTE
from a HDinstall, how does one boot fb*x* (fb800x600, fb1024x768, fb1280x1024) at all?
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Posted: April 24 2005,13:16 QUOTE
Edit your /etc/lilo.conf (as user root:  sudo beaver /etc/lilo.conf)

Above the append line, choose vga=xxx  where xxx is the framebuffer code from your F3 livecd boot menu.

Edit your append statement and add fb???x???

Activate your changes with:

sudo lilo -v
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Posted: April 24 2005,19:28 QUOTE
Now I can't even get it to start X. It complains about not being able to connect to X server. Does this have to do with not having enough ram, and if so is there any way to make the startup process consume less of it?
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Posted: April 24 2005,19:47 QUOTE
No, it probably has to do with you choosing an unsupported frame buffer.

Try a different code until you find one that works.

If your framebuffer is working you can try some vesa options instead if needed. Type xsetup.sh and make new choices and then type startx to try them out.
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Posted: April 24 2005,20:01 QUOTE
No, I mean I try it without any options, or with options, and X won't start... but sometimes it starts without any constant options. It seems random when it does.
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