[NTLUG:Discuss] Suse Live-CD and Intel 815 Video

[David Simmons]

> On the boot line, try "vga=normal" and see if that helps.  In the perfect 
> world, that should cause it to boot in text mode, then you can "startx" after 
> you login.  That will allow you try/test/try/test/... various things, and if 
> the video driver really is the problem, will just drop you back to the command 
> line at the worst.

Ahhh...good idea...but just like when I picked 'text' for the screen
resolution, as soon as it 'boot's, I can see a prompt, but it's in a
'foreign' (read as gobbly-gook) language....unusable as a CLI. 
SO...maybe I need to pick which 'language' or font I need?

Thanks! - Dave