On 5/1/07, Tim <ignored_mailbox@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
On Tue, 2007-05-01 at 22:28 -0700, Edward DeMeulle wrote: > Why does it turn out that both of these lines result in a text boot-up > (no pretty boot display)? The lines you wrote below? > kernel /vmlinuz-2.6.18-1.2798.fc6 root=/dev/VolGroup00/LogVol00 vga=791 3 The "3" means to start up in run-level 3, which is without graphics. > kernel /vmlinuz-2.6.18-1.2798.fc6 root=/dev/VolGroup00/LogVol00 vga=791 rhgb quiet That should start up a graphical mode, eventually. I think... I'm not entirely sure of the ramifications of vga=791. I know Kam Leo said it means 1024x768x64K colors, I don't know if it does anything else. I'd remove the rhgb, it does cause some people problems, and it takes one more thing out of the equation. Taking the quiet option out, as well, will show more details about things while booting. At least, while trying to resolve problems.
While you are in runlevel 3 use yum to upgrade your installed packages to the latest versions. You will definitely get updates to Xorg. Once the updates have completed use "system-config-display" to specify your graphics adapter and monitor. Perhaps your monitor problem got fixed. If not choose generic monitor and see if that is workable/acceptable to you.
