Many thanks Peter, This looks like a great set of details for beginner like me! I will check this today & post the feedback Regards, Ram > -----Original Message----- > From: fedora-list-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx > [mailto:fedora-list-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Peter > Sent: Tuesday, August 31, 2004 3:25 PM > To: fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx > Subject: Re: FC2 AMD64 install error! > > > Am Di, den 31.08.2004 schrieb Ram Kumar um 8:49: > > - When installing it does not initialize the X window system > > - I tried installing in text mode, then switching to X > Windows, but it > > fails > > - When at text login prompt, it keeps refreshing the display in an > > attempt to start X Windows system > > To avoid the flashing you may do the following: > > After turning on your machine at the first screen you see > grub and a list of operating systems, in your case may be > just on: Fedora. Move the selection bar to the Fedora line and press > a > Now you can edit the startup parameters. Add the letter > S > to the end of the line. Your system will startup in single > user mode, which is a traditional text mode console. > > You may edit the file /etc/inittab and change the line > id:5:initdefault: into id:3:initdefault: > > So the normal startup procedure will not start the xwindow > system but just a text console login. > > > Now you can try to fix the xwindow system without flickering. > You can try to start xwindows by the command > startx > > > > - Gives some error related to VESA driver & says 'unable > to start X > > Windows system' > > - I installed my last copy of RedHat 9, which works > beautifully on the > > same system > > - Checked the settings from this install for VESA driver, monitor > > type, display frequency, etc... & applied to FC2 x86 64, > but it still > > does not start X Windows > > > As a first step you may try to automatically configure your > graphics subsystem by > system-config-display --reconfig > > It is a second try, maybe there went something wrong during > installation. You can test your effort by the comand > startx > > It it doesn't help, you should inspect the xwindow log file using less > less /var/log/Xorg.0.log > or may be additionally > less /var/log/Xorg.0.log.old > > for error messages. Usually you get a clue what to change. > Otherwise post it here together with information about your > graphics hardware. > > Additionally you may compare the xwindows configuration files > of your Fedora system and your RedHat system. > Fedora: > less /etc/X11/xorg.conf > Red Hat > less /etc/X11/XF86config > > (the Red Hat file name my be a little bit different, I just > can't remember exactly, but you will recognise it). > > > Good luck > > > Peter > > > > > -- > fedora-list mailing list > fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx > To unsubscribe: http://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list >
