On Thu, 2006-11-23 at 09:31 -0600, Blake Thornton wrote:
> I'm not sure where to start here. I am trying to install FC6 on my home > computer that is probably 5 years old. It was running FC3 without any > major problems (it was slow). > > But, X windows won't start: > > If I choose graphical install, it just hangs and does nothing. (shows a > splash screen, but won't respond). > > I did a text install and the install seemed to go fine but when I "startx" > or choose runlevel 5 X won't start. > > I'm not sure where to start. I believe my graphics card is a: > 3dfx, voodoo 3 > > I read that there we nvidia card issues and I did: > yum install kmod-nvidia > Not surprisingly, that didn't help any. > > I'm going to try to install FC5 and see if thats works but if someone had > an idea for me I would be very grateful.
If X won't start, you need to look at the X log to figure out why. The nvidia X driver doesn't support Voodoo hardware. -- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ L. Friedman netllama@xxxxxxxxx LlamaLand http://netllama.linux-sxs.org
