Troubleshooting X

Stephen Andert wrote:
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> I'm not a total novice, but I may have just gotten lucky on prior linux
> installations when setting up Xwindows.
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> 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.