All,
I'm trying to install Adelie linux onto a 800MHz iMac G4. This has a Geforce2 MX. The issue is that when booted from the media, be it dvd or usb, the text is briefly orange on gray background, and changes shortly after to purple on gray background. Very annoying to read.
Even more annoying is that before the graphical installer starts, the text sort of fades away. That wouldn't matter but the graphical installer is not loaded at all, or at least it is not displayed. The screen just stays gray. No mouse, no nothing. If anybody would have any pointers or ideas that would be awesome. I would like to have this small wonder onto daily usage.
I have contacted Adelie linux support channels, and they have been very helpful. But as they do not have similar hw, they're short of options.
The same colour issue is with all the different os install disks I have tried; netbsd, debian, freebsd. On debian when the text mode installer starts, it is white text on purple boxes, and those on yellow background. This issue may be of the same origin as the above graphical installer not showing.
Is this normal phenomenon on text mode linux / unix? This makes my eyes bleed.
And on OSX Tiger all is well, colours are normal and there are no issues, so I suppose that the Geforce is in good shape.
Edit: spelling
I'm trying to install Adelie linux onto a 800MHz iMac G4. This has a Geforce2 MX. The issue is that when booted from the media, be it dvd or usb, the text is briefly orange on gray background, and changes shortly after to purple on gray background. Very annoying to read.
Even more annoying is that before the graphical installer starts, the text sort of fades away. That wouldn't matter but the graphical installer is not loaded at all, or at least it is not displayed. The screen just stays gray. No mouse, no nothing. If anybody would have any pointers or ideas that would be awesome. I would like to have this small wonder onto daily usage.
I have contacted Adelie linux support channels, and they have been very helpful. But as they do not have similar hw, they're short of options.
The same colour issue is with all the different os install disks I have tried; netbsd, debian, freebsd. On debian when the text mode installer starts, it is white text on purple boxes, and those on yellow background. This issue may be of the same origin as the above graphical installer not showing.
Is this normal phenomenon on text mode linux / unix? This makes my eyes bleed.
And on OSX Tiger all is well, colours are normal and there are no issues, so I suppose that the Geforce is in good shape.
Edit: spelling
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