Unable to start Xserver, Unable to configure video. Sorry, but I don't have hours to spend on a search and find mission, so I think I'll just go with what I know will work and move on to that distro. Jim On Fri, 2007-11-09 at 01:21 -0500, Mike A. Harris wrote: > Jimmy Bradley wrote: > > Well, I downloaded the F8 live cd, and burned it to a > > cd,everything went fine until it got to my video controller, and then f8 > > said it couldn't recognize my video controller. Funny, F7 had no > > problems with it. I don't know about anyone else on this list, but I've > > been seeing this same sort of problem on other machines running other > > distros. Ubuntu 7.10 doesn't like the video controller, and 7.04 didn't > > like the ethernet or wireless card. Mandriva 2008 also doesn't like the > > video card. > > What I don't understand is, if you supported a piece of hardware > > in one version, why don't you support it in your new version. I could > > understand it if I was running old hardware, but it's all only about 2 > > or 3 years old. > > I guess for now I'll keep running F7 on that machine, until I get a > > new video card for it,the other machines, I've changed distros on them. > > So far, the only distro that I haven't had this problem with > > yet(knock on wood) is Cent OS, but who knows, that may change with > > version 6. > > What's funny, is nowhere at all in the above message do you actually > give any details about what the problem was, error messages, or even > mention what your video hardware actually is. > > Sounds more like a rant than a plea for help. People can't read minds. > > > -- > Mike A. Harris > > Come and join us on the #fedora8 IRC help forum on irc.freenode.net >
