Bummer... At least with FC4/5, I was able to install install the OS with GDM working, but with F7/8 Live support, it seems that my old Cirrus Logic GD5480 crapped out. Yeah I know, I am an oldie here but never mind that. Look - there is a pretty girl over there (points the finger away from self).... Ah, now let's continue shall we? ;-) Well... When I ran the F8 Live, the GDM failed to start up - it never got that far at all - just flashed several times - I get it, time to Alt-F1, log in as root, and edit the /etc/X11/xorg.conf file. At least there was the cirrus entry, so it is recognized... [...] Section "Device" Identifier "Screen0" Driver "cirrus" EndSection Section "Screen0" Device "Videocard0" DefaultDepth 24 EndSection Ah, DefaultDepth 24!?!? I guess you need to have the latest newfangled videocards these days, or a newer computer than the one you had purchased many years ago. Sheesh, I must be getting really old... Anyway, I updated the xorg.conf file as follows: [...] Section "Screen0" Device "Videocard0" DefaultDepth 16 SubSection "Display" Viewport 0 0 Depth 16 Modes "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480 EndSubSection EndSection Yup! That seemed to do the trick. I am able to get a sensible gui now and can get back to installing F8. Note, I was forced to provide the Modes as above otherwise xorg takes the highest default resolution (over that of 1024x768 somewhere) and restarts over and over till it gives up. But here is a question for you (xorg) developer folks... why is it that the videocards are not searching for a resolution that works, i.e. should go all the way down to 1024x768, 800x600 or even 640x480 so that GUI screen can appear? Bummer. No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.5.503 / Virus Database: 269.16.12/1162 - Release Date: 11/30/2007 9:26 PM
