SOLVED: Installing Fedora on Dell Optiplex

[Dave Prentice]

Hello,
A few days ago I sent a message about difficulty installing K12KTSP,
based on Fedora Core 1, on a Dell Optiplex. Since this is a
terminal/server setup, it requires two NICs. After a great deal of
Easter-egg-hunting, the problem turned out to be some sort of hardware
conflict between eth1 and the video. I put in a different NIC and it
works fine. The old one was ISA, and the new one is PCI.
Dave Prentice
prentice at instruction.com
>Date: Wed, 21 Jul 2004 22:02:09 -0500
>From: "Dave Prentice" <prentice at instruction.com>
>Subject: Installing Fedora on Dell Optiplex
>Message-ID: <01c46f98$473feb60$6500000a at Dave.HOME>
>Hello all,
>    I'm new to this list and hope somebody can help. I am trying to
>set up a classroom network using K12LTSP, which is based on Fedora
>Core (version1, I think). The host machine is a Dell Optiplex GX1
with
>a 600 mhz P3, 256 meg RAM, 11 gig drive space, and a builtin video
>controller with 8meg RAM. The monitor is a HP SVGA  capable of
>1024x768.
>    During installation, graphical mode would freeze up with a blank
>screen. I did a text based install, but after installation the system
>defaulted to graphic mode and froze up every time it booted. I booted
>linux single and changed /etc/inittab to runlevel 3 so it boots to
>text mode OK. I can't figure how to configure X so it will work in
>graphics mode. Has anybody had a similar problem? Any suggestions are
>appreciated.