Jack Gates wrote: > I have been running FC2 since it was initially released. Only now have I > decided to upgrade to FC5. I was new to Linux when I set up FC2. I have not > set up or upgraded to a new OS since that time. I am still a newbee to > setting up and configuring Linux and Fedora. > > I cannot get the GUI to display. The system boots up at the command prompt > and asks for the login at the same. > > I have a ViewSonic VG800 monitor and an ATI 9600 Pro video card. The mother > board is an ABIT IS7 > > The installation could only be done using "linux text", I figured then I was > going to have a problem with the GUI. > > I had a similar problem after the installation when I installed FC2. > > Here is what my xorg.conf file has in it > > Section "Monitor" > Identifier "Monitor0 > VenderName "Monitor Vender" > ModelName "VG800-2" > DisplaySize 360 290 > ### Comment all HorizSync and VertSync Values to use DDC: > HoriSync 30.0 - 83.0 > VertRefresh 50.0 - 75.0 > Option "dpms" > EndSection > > Section "Device" > Identifier "Videocard0" > Driver "radeon" > VenderName "Videocard vendor" > BroadName "ATI Technologies Inc RV350 AP [Radeon 9600]" > EndSection > > I was not able to find anything on the Fedora site and Google did not turn up > much. > > My FC2 install has worked fine since I got passed this problem about two years > or so ago. I was able to get the GUI to actually work during the install of > FC2. I had to tell FC2 to use a generic monitor and video card for the GUI > to work on boot up of the OS. This time I did not get any option that would > let me do that. Can some one help by telling me where I can find the > solution to get the GUI working? I have no idea where to look or what to do > to resolve this. > > Thanks for any help, > in your /etc/inittab file, look for the following: # Default runlevel. The runlevels used by RHS are: # 0 - halt (Do NOT set initdefault to this) # 1 - Single user mode # 2 - Multiuser, without NFS (The same as 3, if you do not have networking) # 3 - Full multiuser mode # 4 - unused # 5 - X11 # 6 - reboot (Do NOT set initdefault to this) # id:5:initdefault: if your installation has "id:3:initdefault:" you're booting into text mode. -- Anthony http://messinet.com http://messinet.com/~amessina/gallery 8F89 5E72 8DF0 BCF0 10BE 9967 92DC 35DC B001 4A4E
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