Thanks James & Rick for your help & suggestions. Details below... --- James Wilkinson <james@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Dave Jenkins wrote quite a bit: I did, didn't I? :-) > > Problem (1): > > MD5 sum and installer's media check on my FC3 CD > ISO ... > Probably just a known installer bug. You've been > told how to fix this. Yes, thanks Rick for the ide=nodma tip, all CDs now pass. > > Problem (3): > > X failed to start, with error "No valid modes > found". ... > yum update x11-xorg What worked for me was: rpm --install /usr/share/doc/fedora-release-3/RPM-GPG-KEY rpm --install /usr/share/doc/fedora-release-3/RPM-GPG-KEY-fedora yum update xorg-x11 > and wait. When that's done, run > startx >errors.txt 2>&1 Same as before: X failed, rejecting all modes because hsync out of range. It was using the via driver. > If that doesn't work, or you don't have broadband > available, run > system-config-display --set-driver=vesa > Then run > startx >errors.txt 2>&1 Ta-da! This did the trick. That's great, I now have a useable system to work on, hopefully no more rebooting or reinstalling! So my next task is to figure out why the via driver rejected all those modes. I'll get googling; if anyone happens to have experience of this problem or the S3 UniChrome VGA, any tips would be warmly welcomed. Thanks again, Dave Send instant messages to your online friends http://uk.messenger.yahoo.com
