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<div>Well you are correct, im fairly new to linux. <br>
1. To answer your first question i did infact accept many of the
defaults. I only had the burned disc 1 and 2 and im not sure if thats
of any help? But i was able to install with the two by using the
standards, but getting rid of editors, and Joystick under gnome games.
(i dont really know if you have to get rid of joystick or not). <br>
2. I set up about a 20 gig partition for FC and 1028 megs of swap for my 1024 mes of Ram. <br>
3. It dual boots into windows Xp just fine, The graphics card works under xp just as it's supposed to.<br>
4. Ido get the text boot screen.<br>
5. It seems as though it is trying to start the Xserver, but the
monitor then goes into sleep mode, and as an added bonus says frequency
out of range.<br>
6. However it does not complete the boot cycle, or even get into the x server. Its an analog 1600 by 1200 monitor.<br>
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I did infact try what Robin suggested, but after the install fedora
asks you to set up firewalls, and account names, etc. Well needless to
say that didnt work. I am able to use a different pc to view this while
viewing the problem. As for bringin the monitor back to life, it did
nothing and proceeded to sit there and face an onslaught of my choice
vulgarities.( this is about the fourth time ive tried to install.) I am
also able to take the X1600 out, and use the onboard graphics to
install, which it does boot correctly and im able to get into fedora
and play around. But having purchased a pricey gfx card, and dual
booting with windows, i dont want to swap the card in and out every
time i switch OS's.<br>
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Sorry that was a bit long, but i appreciate the help immensely.<br>
-Matt <br>
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