Re: Fedora Core 1 Install problem: X-window ? (SOLVED)

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thank you for all your help guys,

the problem was my ATI RADEON 9800 drivers,
I had to download those and boot in runlevel 3 to install them after doing
that everything works fine, except my modem (see my other post for that)
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Jeff Vian" <jvian10@xxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <mailing-lists@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>; "For users of Fedora Core releases"
<fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Wednesday, May 05, 2004 11:55 PM
Subject: Re: Fedora Core 1 Install problem: X-window ?


>
>
> mailing-lists@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
>
> >hi,
> >
> >I have been posting several times today.
> >
> >I am having a lot of problems to install Fedora Core1 on my system.
> >
> >First of all, when I tried to boot from the cd I tried to install in
grafical mode, but when anaconda started all I got was a white screen with
my mouse pointer on it, i could not move the pointer, and nothing happened
at all.
> >
> >Then somebody here gave me the tip to try and install in text mode, so i
did that and I was able to install Linux completely.
> >
> >But there were problems when I first started the system, I got the screen
that gave the startup procedure but the system froze when it tried to load
firstboot.
> >
> >Again I posted and Alexander and iludwig gave me the advice to edit my
grub config and change it to
> >kernel /vmlinuz-2.4.22-1.2115.nptl ro root=LABEL=/ hdd-ide-scsi norhgb
confirm
> >
> >so that is what i did, i anwered all the questions with yes in order to
start as much services as possible, i did the same when I came to firstboot.
> >Miraculously i got the welcome screen from firstboot, it said that there
were some steps ahead in order to complete the system configuration, i
clicked the next button... and again the system froze.
> >
> >So, I conclude that there must be a problem with the Xwindow system as
everytime it is loaded something seems to go wrong (correct me if I am
wrong)
> >
> >Could somebody tell me what to do?
> >
> >
> When booting, at the splash screen/menu press "A".  then add "3" at the
> end of the line that comes up.
> this will boot you to a text login (run level 3) and you can fis what is
> wrong with X there.
> Another reboot will bring it back to the graphics login.
>
> >Matt.
> >
> >
>
>
>
>




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