<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META HTTP-EQUIV="Content-Type" CONTENT="text/html; charset=us-ascii"> <TITLE>Message</TITLE> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2900.2180" name=GENERATOR></HEAD> <BODY> <DIV><FONT face=Verdana color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN class=535223806-31082004>I am a newbie to Linux. 12+ years of development experience in Mac + Windows.</SPAN></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Verdana color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN class=535223806-31082004></SPAN></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Verdana color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN class=535223806-31082004>I have recently assembled myself an AMD 64 bit Athlon on MSI motherboard, 512 MB Kingston RAM, 120 GB Seagate Hard Disk, Samsung SyncMaster 793s monitor.</SPAN></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Verdana color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN class=535223806-31082004></SPAN></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Verdana color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN class=535223806-31082004>- I downloaded Fedora Core 2 x86 64</SPAN></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Verdana color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN class=535223806-31082004><A href="http://download.fedora.redhat.com/pub/fedora/linux/core/2/x86_64/iso/FC2-x86_64-disc1.iso">http://download.fedora.redhat.com/pub/fedora/linux/core/2/x86_64/iso/FC2-x86_64-disc1.iso</A></SPAN></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Verdana color=#0000ff size=2><A href="http://download.fedora.redhat.com/pub/fedora/linux/core/2/x86_64/iso/FC2-x86_64-disc2.iso">http://download.fedora.redhat.com/pub/fedora/linux/core/2/x86_64/iso/FC2-x86_64-disc2.iso</A></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Verdana color=#0000ff size=2><A href="http://download.fedora.redhat.com/pub/fedora/linux/core/2/x86_64/iso/FC2-x86_64-disc3.iso">http://download.fedora.redhat.com/pub/fedora/linux/core/2/x86_64/iso/FC2-x86_64-disc3.iso</A></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Verdana color=#0000ff size=2><A href="http://download.fedora.redhat.com/pub/fedora/linux/core/2/x86_64/iso/FC2-x86_64-disc4.iso">http://download.fedora.redhat.com/pub/fedora/linux/core/2/x86_64/iso/FC2-x86_64-disc4.iso</A></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Verdana color=#0000ff size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Verdana color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN class=535223806-31082004>- When installing it does not initialize the X window system</SPAN></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Verdana color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN class=535223806-31082004>- I tried installing in text mode, then switching to X Windows, but it fails</SPAN></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Verdana color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN class=535223806-31082004>- When at text login prompt, it keeps refreshing the display in an attempt to start X Windows system</SPAN></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Verdana color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN class=535223806-31082004> - Gives some error related to VESA driver & says 'unable to start X Windows system'</SPAN></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Verdana color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN class=535223806-31082004>- I installed my last copy of RedHat 9, which works beautifully on the same system</SPAN></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Verdana color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN class=535223806-31082004> - Checked the settings from this install for VESA driver, monitor type, display frequency, etc... & applied to FC2 x86 64, but it still does not start X Windows</SPAN></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Verdana color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN class=535223806-31082004></SPAN></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Verdana color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN class=535223806-31082004>I am zapped about what to do.</SPAN></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Verdana color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN class=535223806-31082004>Can any expert help me here?</SPAN></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Verdana color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN class=535223806-31082004></SPAN></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Verdana color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN class=535223806-31082004>Regards, Ram</SPAN></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Verdana color=#0000ff size=2></FONT> </DIV></BODY></HTML>