update: the installer cleanly finishes itself and ejects the CD. From previous experience knowing that it is asking to press ENTER I did. The machine reboots, boots cleanly and the machine works fine with compiz active by default. No more graphical issues so far. They are/were limited to the installer.
update: the installer cleanly finishes itself and ejects the CD. From previous experience knowing that it is asking to press ENTER I did. The machine reboots, boots cleanly and the machine works fine with compiz active by default. No more graphical issues so far. They are/were limited to the installer.