Cannot start X windows
Edward
edward at tripled.iinet.net.au
Sun Aug 22 22:49:20 UTC 2004
Soo Sip Boon wrote:
> I have installed a Fedora 2 in my computer. while
> installing a FC2, GUI based installation cannot go
> through, my monitor become blink once the X is
> started. To install the FC2 i choose text based
> installation and all been successed.
>
> the problem appear again when i startup the FC2, the
> system caused my monitor go blink again and hang on
> half way. i tried to boot from a rescue mode to change
> my \etc\X11\Xorg.conf by using a vim command. but when
> i go into the text editor "vim", the vim seem have a
> bugs, i cannot modify anything and not even the cursor
> to move up and down.
>
> for your information, i'm using Nvidia G43 and my
> monitor maximum resolution is 1024x768 60Hrz
>
> any idea to success for my first boot of fedora 2?
There's a lot of reasons possible that X won't start, including kernel
options and even what kind of motherboard you have. Please search google
or the archives, as a lot of people have had this problem and solved it.
If you still fail, tell us what you tried first.
Regards,
Ed.
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