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[James King <jlking3@xxxxxxxxx>]

No, this was definitely from the alternate. I burned it to a CD from my Mac
Mini then installed it from that CD. (Entire Disk) I did make a report to
the tracker.


On Sun, Oct 13, 2013 at 9:06 AM, Lars Noodén <lars.nooden@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> On 10/13/2013 04:02 PM, James King wrote:
> >
> > On Sat, Oct 12, 2013 at 3:07 PM, Lars Noodén <lars.nooden@xxxxxxxxx>
> > wrote:
> >
> >> On 10/11/2013 06:19 PM, Phill Whiteside wrote:
> >>> @PPC can you email up any changes you need to manually add at
> >>> boot time
> >> so
> >>> that we have the current fixes noted in our release notes.
> >>
> >> The alternate installs ok except for one small error (1153972).
> >>
> >> However, once installed it is missing a key configuration in
> >> Yaboot.  In order to get usable graphics, Yaboot must get passed
> >> these options:
> >>
> >> Linux video=radeonfb:...
> >>
> >> where ... is something like 1280x854-32@60 or whatever is
> >> appropriate for that machine.  I'll have to test my notes about the
> >> work-around, I think it means editing yaboot.conf and adding the
> >> radeonfb option and then running ybin.
> >>
> >> regards, /Lars
> >>
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> >
> > I have to do the same thing when installing to get usable graphics,
> > but on my Mac Mini, after the installation, I don't have to retype
> > the "video=radeonfb..." on every reboot.
> >
> > I only have the video configuration that I enter, though: I don't
> > have an option to change from 1024x768 to 800x600 or 640x480, for
> > example. If I'm watching a DVD through MPlayer, being able to change
> > the resolution would help me get a true full screen video. Right now,
> > I get a 640x480 image surrounded by black space when I go fullscreen,
> > instead of an image that fills the whole screen.
> >
> >
>
> For the Desktop image, nothing is needed after the installation.  For
> the Alternate image, I have to either add 'video=...' each time I boot
> or else add it to yaboot.conf.  My guess is that your working with the
> Desktop image.  Be sure to add your notes and bugs to the tracker:
>
>         http://iso.qa.ubuntu.com/qatracker/milestones/305/builds
>
> Regards,
> /Lars
>
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