On 04/08/07, Andy Green <andy@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > 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. Thanks. How can I get to a command prompt to find out? Dotan Cohen http://lyricslist.com/ http://what-is-what.com/
