Troubleshooting X

[Kevin Brown]

Stephen Andert wrote:
> 
> 
> I'm not a total novice, but I may have just gotten lucky on prior linux 
> installations when setting up Xwindows.
> 
> This time, with RedHat 8, my video card was recognized, but my monitor 
> was not.  But the same machine (video card and monitor) worked fine with 
> some version of RedHat 7.  I didn't think to save anything from the 7 
> installation, since this is only a play system that I'm trying to get up 
> so I can install Oracle and do some additional testing/playing with.
> 
> The install works fine with a great looking GUI, but when I try and 
> startx, I get (EE) No devices detected followed by no screens found.
> 
> Any pointers?

Downgrade to 7.x.  From what I've gotten from RH, Oracle is not certified to run 
under 8.x and both RH and Oracle do not recommend it.