Help installing fedora 2 on laptop please (no video after install)

[Jeff Vian]

On Fri, 2004-09-03 at 15:56, Peter wrote:
> Am Do, den 02.09.2004 schrieb bryan2 at dimensional.com um 20:22:
> > I am trying to install fedora 2 on a Dell Inspiron 5000 laptop. 
> 
> OK, I don't use a Dell and can't give any specific advice. But because
> nobody answered your question, I may give some general hints. Perhaps
> they are useful in some way.
> 
> > I got the
> > graphic install to work using the install parameter expert vga=2. The install
> > seemed to proceed with out and issues except I got a screen wanting me to
> > identify my monitor. I tried several choices (dell laptop different
> > resolutions) and leaving it undeclared. 
> 

Bryan
I installed on my Inspirion 5000  with no problems.

differences between your description and what I did -----
1.  I did not use expert mode
2.  When it asked for the monitor selection I chose LCD and then the
resolution for the default on this monitor (1024x768).

I have no problems at all with the video.

> That may be a bad idea. Did you try to declare it as "general LCD
> screen" (or a quite similar wording, second choice from the list if I
> remember correctly) and select the appropriate resolution here? 
> 
> > Every time I did the install, after the
> > system reboots I get a blank screen after I get the message please press I for
> > interactive boot. Sometimes I will get the steps it is going through to boot
> > and seems to hang after the [OK] on the Swap disk line. 
> > Does anyone one know what I need to do differently in the install or at boot up
> > to get this system to work? I was running Fedora 1 before I tried a clean
> > install of fedora 2. 
> 
> Two things may be helpful:
> 
> - inspect the file /var/log/DXorg.0.log
> - compare the /etc/X11/xorg.conf file with the correspondig file 
>   of your fedora 1 installation.
> - try  system-config-display --reconfig, but save the current
>    /etc/X11/xorg.conf file to bak before doing so
> 
> 
> Good luck
> Peter
> 
> 
>