FC3 & nVidia RIVA128 (was RE: configuring kernel parameters - hang)...

[Ian Marr]

Below, I wrote:
> Unfortunately the X Server can't start so I assume the RIVA128 card isn't 
> supported (I'll solve that separately) but at least I can login now.

This was actually quite easy to fix. In short, I updated /etc/X11/xorg.conf
from:

> Section "Screen"
>         Identifier "Screen0"
>         Device     "Videocard0"
>         Monitor    "Monitor0"
>         DefaultDepth     16
>         SubSection "Display"
>                 Viewport   0 0
>                 Depth     16
>                 Modes    "800x600" "640x480"
>         EndSubSection
> EndSection

to:

> Section "Screen"
>         Identifier "Screen0"
>         Device     "Videocard0"
>         Monitor    "Monitor0"
>         DefaultDepth     24
>         SubSection "Display"
>                 Viewport   0 0
>                 Depth     24
>                 Modes    "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
>         EndSubSection
> EndSection

Note that I added the mode "1024x768", guessing that it would work: it does
:-).

Regards,


Ian.
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Sent: 31 December 2004 10:29
To: fedora-list at redhat.com
Subject: configuring kernel parameters - hang
	
On Sun, 26 Dec 2004 16:13:10 -0500 Kevin Connolly at Mindspring wrote:

> I just talked a friend of mine into Linux (FC3). He loaded it up on a
Gateway 
> G4 400Mhz fairly stock box w/ a 10G drive. When it starts up it hangs on 
> "Configuring Kernel Parameters". Anyone have any ideas on how to correct
it?

I have just suffered from the same problem on a similar old Gateway PII
300-MHz box with a RIVA128 Graphics Card. A friend advised me to remove the
Red Hat Graphical Boot (rhgb) option on start up - this cures the problem
and allows the system to boot. Unfortunately the X Server can't start so I
assume the RIVA128 card isn't supported (I'll solve that separately) but at
least I can log in now.

I removed the rhgb setting by hitting <enter> as grub is booting, selecting
the Linux kernel I want to boot, hitting <a> to amend the entry, deleting
"rhgb" from the boot command and letting it continue. I then removed the
same entry in /etc/grub.conf when I could login.

I hope this helps someone else.