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On Wed, 2005-12-14 at 11:02 -0500, Geoffrey wrote:
> 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?
> 
> 7.2 to 9.2 is quite a jump.  When the disc boots, do you see the initial 
> boot screen?  If so, select f2 to lower the resolution, that might be 
> the issue.
> 
> > 
> > (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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