Re: [gentoo-user] Gentoo Install Issue

[Michael Mol]

On Mon, Oct 10, 2011 at 4:06 PM, CJoeB <colleen.beamer@×××××.com> wrote:
> Hi Everyone,
>
> I hope someone will be able to "lead me by the nose" here.
>
> For a number of weeks now, I have been trying to install Gentoo on my
> new desktop.  I kept running into issues and due to time constraints
> when I was installing, I put off trying to resolve them.
>
> Today, I went through the install process, had a couple of issues, but
> was able to figure them out and got to the point where I was supposed to
> boot into my new system.  I got the boot menu, the boot process seemed
> to be okay, but when I got to the point where I assumed I should get a
> command prompt to finish up, all I got was a weird screen that was half
> black and half fuzzy with a bunch of colours (sorry, I can describe this
> any better).  I tried recompiling the kernel thinking it was a problem
> that I had created during the initial compilation, but that ended with
> the same result.
>
> The computer is a Dell XPS 8300
> It has a Radeon graphics card, but I wouldn't think this would be an
> issue until I tried to install X.
>
> Does anyone have any ideas?

Try dropping framebuffer console drivers?

Also, what exact model of Radeon?

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