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Re: firstboot problem on laptop Dell E6510
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Mark Stodola <[log in to unmask]>
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Mark Stodola <[log in to unmask]>
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Thu, 2 Dec 2010 13:55:01 -0600
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Try adding 'noprobe' to your boot options during install.

-Mark

FRANCHISSEUR Robert wrote:
> Hello,
>
> is there a way to bypass the probing of the video card during install ?
>
> There  is  an nvidia card probed on new Dell E6510 laptop which  does
> not  work  with the nv driver .  I tried vga=nnn that first work  but
> anaconda then find the nvidia and X failed.
>
> If  not,  my second question is: after installing  nvidia-x11-drv, is
> there  a way to have firstboot running on the next reboot (I  removed
> /etc/sysconfig/firstboot    and  /var/lock/subsys/firstboot   without
> success)
>
> Thanks for your help.
>
>   


-- 
Mr. Mark V. Stodola
Digital Systems Engineer

National Electrostatics Corp.
P.O. Box 620310
Middleton, WI 53562-0310 USA
Phone: (608) 831-7600
Fax: (608) 831-9591

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