[ale] SuSE update

[Mark Wright]

Hi Tim,

Are you trying to upgrade or install over the old system?  I would  
not try to upgrade that many versions at once.  If you are having  
trouble doing an install what you have is a pretty common problem.   
You will have to reboot to the run level before x starts and get your  
video setup.  You can do this with the install disk or by starting up  
in single user mode. (brain fade here, can't remember how to get  
single user mode)

Mark


On Dec 14, 2005, at 12:20 AM, Tim Watts wrote:

> Hi,
>
> Just for the utter hell of it I'm trying to update my old SuSE 7.2  
> system to
> 9.2. It's a crusty old 200 MHz Gateway. The problem I'm having is  
> that it
> gets as far as loading Yast but the screen is unreadable. The  
> sidebar text is
> black on black so there's no readable text anywhere on the panel.  
> Can anyone
> give me some pointers as to what I can do about this -- are there  
> some X
> params I can feed it at some point?
>
> (I realize this is pretty much a fool's errand. I'm just trying to  
> build up
> the courage to install SuSE 10 on my upcoming laptop purchase. I  
> may end up
> turning it over to the Emperor guys but I figure I should give it a  
> try
> myself first.)
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