On Sat, 2008-06-07 at 20:52 -0700, Scott Kidder wrote: > If you prefer to have the system boot without X11, then you might want > to edit the /etc/inittab file so that the default runlevel is 3. > Here's what the last line of the stock /etc/inittab file on Fedora > Core 9 might look like: > > id:3:initdefault: > > I believe the default is to boot in runlevel 5. For machines without > monitors or those without a working X11 setup, runlevel 3 works great. > > Once you're able to boot in runlevel 3 successfully, you should be > able to configure X11 by running 'setup' and then selecting 'X > configuration'. > > I hope this helps, > > --Scott Kidder The problem was, that I could NOT get to a console in order to change the inittab file. I added "text" to the boot command line so that I could get to a console. When I run "setup" and click on configure X windows, it ALWAYS goes into a mode that the lcd panel on the notebook cannot handle (but it does display on the connected LCD monitor). The graphics card on the HP 2133 is by VIA and it has a name something like "chrome". Let to it's own devices, F9 configured it as "openchrome" as the driver listed in xorg.conf. Unfortunately, this doesn't work - the notebook lcd panel won't display anything. What is also strange is that if I boot using the F8 LiveCD, everything works fine. So I'm considering just installing F8 (the F9 LiveCD has the same weird screen display problem as the F9 install DVD). I don't understand why the graphics card in the notebook won't work with the vesa driver. It is supposed to be a vga compatible card. Rick B. -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list
