Do you have an analog (VGA) port or TV out there? Mohan ----- Original Message ----- From: "Douglas Frank" <frank@xxxxxxxxxxx> To: "For users of Fedora Core releases" <fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Wednesday, February 16, 2005 11:04 PM Subject: FC3 on a Compaq notebook: X trouble > Hello, > > I've had RH9 on my Presario 700US for about a year, and decided to > change over to FC3 today. The install went fine except that in graphics > mode, the display is unusable. > > I re-started, this time for a text-based install, and the only unusual > event was the announcement at one point that my monitor wasn't > recognized. Anaconda did identify my video card (S3), but not the > monitor.... > > Upon 1st reboot, at the point you receive the welcome screen followed by > the license agreement, etc., the display was obviously screwed up. It > was aligned to the upper left corner, and below and to the right of the > screen was a ghost image repeating the display with frequent flashing. > > I'm guessing there's a memory alignment problem. This laptop takes 16 > MB off the top (I think) of main memory to use for video. > > I've got it up at runlevel 4 now and am experimenting with xconfig, > however no success so far. When I issue xorg -config <file>, the screen > just goes dark. how do I kill the trial w/o rebooting? (I'd expect it > to ask "OK?" and start a timer when running a trial xorg.conf, but that > doesn't seem to be what it's doing.) > > thx > -- > Douglas Frank HP Co. > ZKO 110 Spit Brook Rd. The older I get, > 603-884-0501 Nashua, NH USA 03062 the better I was. > > > -- > fedora-list mailing list > fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx > To unsubscribe: http://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list > >
