On Fri, 2005-02-04 at 06:38 -0800, Michael wrote:
> Been a long time since I messed with a Red Hat product but I would boot
> to command line (init 3) and run xconfigurator. Sounds like it does not
> like the module chosen for the video card (chip). I remember this as an
> issue with rh 8 and prior it would do the same thing. I have since moved
> to SuSE and I have had no issues.
> Wagner, Steven G wrote:
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> >I'm having a lot of trouble getting Fedora Core 3 installed on my system. I
> >got all discs to pass the initial media check by passing the boot parameter
> >Linux ide=nodma, but the installation still fails. It seems to be video
> >problems or something with X. I'm getting a very particalized background
> >while X starts up and then certain buttons/graphics only appear when I
> >mouseover. It detects my correct monitor and I've tried dumming down the
> >resolution to 640x480, but to no avail. I've tried to use the RHN up2date
> >agent, but with the graphical problems it keeps hanging.
> >
> >I'd like to get FC3 up and running, so any advice or suggestions would be
> >greatly appreciated. Please let me know if there's any more specific info
> >you need to help in troubleshooting this. I have an Intel 810e chipset for
> >my video.
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Xconfigurator is long gone.
FC-3
comand is system-config-display --reconfig
# system-config-display --help
Usage: system-config-display [OPTIONS]
Options:
-h, --help display this help and exit
-v, --verbose display what the program is doing more verbosely
-o, --output= the filename of the config file to be output
--reconfig don't base configuration on existing config files
--noui don't show the gui, implicit when using --set
options
--forceui force the ui to be shown, needed when using --set
options
to change some setting, but you still want to show
the ui
--set-<key>= change the value of a specific configuration key.
currently supported keys are:
resolution the screen resolution used
depth the color depth in bits
most drivers support 8, 15, 16 and 24
driver the graphics card driver to use
card the graphics card description to use
e.g. 'ATI Radeon (generic)'
vsync monitor vertical sync rates allowed (in Hz)
hsync monitor horizontal sync rates allowed (in kHz)
videoram the amount of videoram in kilobytes, 0 means probe
with this situation...best thing would be to start computer - Press
<Control><Alt><F2) to get to virtual console and log in as root
and execute these types of commands...
init 3 #to switch to runlevel 3
system-config-display --reconfig #other options possible but not
#necessary
#make changes as necessary
startx #to test settings
#repeat system-config-display
#and startx until it works right
when everything works OK (GUI), then you can 'init 5' to get back to
runlevel 5
If you want to run up2date agent in text based console (perhaps while
trying to get X configuration running, you can simply go to another
console <ALT><F3> for example, login as root and either run 'up2date -u'
or 'yum update'
Craig
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