On Tue, Jul 27, 2004 at 11:02:45AM +0100, Davido02 wrote: > Ive just finished a new install of FC2. > > All goes well right up untill final reboot and then screen corrupts and > pc locks up entirely. > > Because of the corruption I suspect that the monitor settings are not > correct but having said that the settings were correct for my monitor > (ASTVision7L) I *tried* to check that setting by stating the install > again but it definitely set ok . I tried the generic monitor setting > with same result and revert back to the 7L selection but all im getting > now is vertical green lines on white background > > Im wondering if a. im doing enough to reset the monitor settings and b. > wht is the correct way to sort this out without having to completely > reinstall FC2 > > Thanks > > David > If you mean the final boot after the installation finishes then most of the booting process occurs with out X being used (especially if you remove rhgb) from the kernel line in grub.conf. That the pc locks immediately is bad news and I don't think it has any thing to do with the monitor settings which worked during the install. I fought with similar problems during an install and you might try at a re-install try typing: linux ide=nodma at the boot prompt. This is explained in the following web page: http://www.exocore.com/technologies/linux/rhl71dma/ -- ------------------------------------------- Aaron Konstam Computer Science Trinity University One Trinity Place. San Antonio, TX 78212-7200 telephone: (210)-999-7484 email:akonstam@xxxxxxxxxxx
