Install screen goes blank

> On Fri, 21 Jul 2006 23:55:18 +0000, mlindeblom wrote:
>
> >> Have you already tried to boot the install-kernel with anything like
> >> "vga=791"? We had on some displays that the resolution were not set
> >> correctly with other parameters than 791. I also know that this style is
> >> depreciated - but it works ;)
> >>
> >>
> > I tried your suggestion, as well as using vesa and 800x640. All stop with
> > with a blank screen. When I start the system produced by text install,
> > the x window log states it fails to load the "changeme" driver. The ATI
> > Rage IIC hardware is recognized by the hardware info report and the x
> > window logs.
>
> You could try
> x11i=radeon
> at the boot prompt
> --
> Mark Robinson
> Novell Volunteer SysOp
>
> One by one the penguins steal my sanity...
>

The correct driver to my knowledge is atimisc [Mach64 GT] which I tried and
it failed also. I reinstalled SLES 9 which worked correctly about 2 months
ago. It failed on XFree86. I am now assuming I have a hardware problem.
Due to the vintage of this machine it will not be repaired.