Somebody in the thread at some point said: > On 04/08/07, Dotan Cohen <dotancohen@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: >> Problem#3 with installing Fedora 7: >> >> After the first boot setup screen, in which one defines a user, I got >> a message similar to this: >> The display server has been shut down about 6 times in the last 90 >> seconds. It is likely that something bad is going on. Waiting for 2 >> minutes before trying again on display :0. >> >> After clicking OK, I got the message again after a few minutes of a >> blank screen. >> >> This is on a Dell Inspiron laptop, Duo Core Intel, 2GB RAM, ATI X1400 video. >> > > I do have a working xorg.conf from FC6 backed up on disk. How can I > get to a prompt so that I can copy it to this F7 install? Not sure that is the right idea... after all a lot has changed underneath a "working xorg.conf" from FC6.". The question is, what is the Driver line in the "Device" stanza. To get yourself going, try setting Driver "vesa" in there. -Andy
