FC5: error configuring / starting xorg on Epia system...

[Drew Bertola]

I'm   having trouble getting X running after a fresh install w/ FC5.  
This is on an Via Epia M1000 w/ CLE266 chipset.

The screen stays blank (no signal to monitor) and X hangs.  This happens 
when I try to start X with the default xorg.conf or try to run 
system-config-display.

X does seem to start, and the log actually looks fine, but nothing 
displays.  Gnome processes show up in the process list (below) and I 
need to do a ctrl-alt-backspace to kill X.  But there's no signal to the 
monitor.

Everything worked fine w/ FC4 (although it was a different monitor).  
This is a fresh install - not an upgrade, and I did re-format.  Also, 
there are no 3rd party drivers at all.

Any ideas?

--
Drew

p.s. :)
# ps auxw
...
root      7670  0.8  1.8  22528  9148 tty1     S    03:12   0:00 
/usr/bin/gnome-session
root      7687  0.1  0.2  13228  1312 ?        Ssl  03:12   0:00 
dbus-daemon --fork --print-pid 8 --print-address 6 --session
root      7688  0.0  0.0   2832   480 tty1     S    03:12   0:00 
/usr/bin/dbus-launch --exit-with-session /etc/X11/xinit/Xclients
root      7696  0.0  0.1   2248   508 tty1     S    03:12   0:00 
/usr/bin/gnome-keyring-daemon
root      7698  0.5  0.5   7248  2804 ?        Ss   03:12   0:00 
/usr/libexec/bonobo-activation-server --ac-activate --ior-output-fd
root      7700  0.4  1.3  15756  6544 ?        Ss   03:12   0:00 
/usr/bin/metacity --sm-client-id=default1
root      7703  0.5  1.5  31968  7320 ?        Sl   03:12   0:00 
/usr/libexec/gnome-settings-daemon --oaf-activate-iid=OAFIID:GNOME_
root      7705  2.1  2.4  46676 11668 ?        Ssl  03:12   0:01 
gnome-panel --sm-client-id default2
root      7707  3.8  2.9  73624 14432 ?        Ssl  03:12   0:02 
nautilus --no-default-window --sm-client-id default3
root      7711  0.5  1.6  42056  7900 ?        Ss   03:12   0:00 eggcups 
--sm-client-id default4
root      7719  0.8  2.0  45004  9872 ?        Ss   03:12   0:00 
nm-applet --sm-disable
root      7722  0.0  0.9  13968  4400 ?        Ss   03:12   0:00 
pam-panel-icon --sm-client-id default0
root      7727  0.2  1.1  21608  5472 ?        Ss   03:12   0:00 
gnome-power-manager --sm-disable
root      7730  0.7  1.6  65340  8180 ?        Sl   03:12   0:00 
/usr/libexec/trashapplet --oaf-activate-iid=OAFIID:GNOME_Panel_Tras
root      7732  0.8  1.7  44880  8352 ?        S    03:12   0:00 
/usr/libexec/wnck-applet --oaf-activate-iid=OAFIID:GNOME_Wncklet_Fa
root      7737  0.0  0.1   1712   616 ?        S    03:12   0:00 
/sbin/pam_timestamp_check -d root
root      7739  0.1  0.7  11348  3752 ?        Sl   03:12   0:00 
/usr/libexec/gnome-vfs-daemon --oaf-activate-iid=OAFIID:GNOME_VFS_D
root      7754  0.0  0.1   2156   764 ?        S    03:13   0:00 
/usr/libexec/mapping-daemon
root      7759  0.0  0.2   2252   984 ?        S    03:13   0:00 
/usr/libexec/gam_server
root      7761  0.2  1.4  21524  7232 ?        S    03:13   0:00 
/usr/libexec/notification-area-applet --oaf-activate-iid=OAFIID:GNO
root      7763  0.3  1.8  25336  9040 ?        S    03:13   0:00 
/usr/libexec/clock-applet --oaf-activate-iid=OAFIID:GNOME_ClockAppl
root      7765  2.7  2.9  53272 14336 ?        S    03:13   0:01 
/usr/libexec/mixer_applet2 --oaf-activate-iid=OAFIID:GNOME_MixerApp
root      7770  0.0  0.2  13768  1260 ?        Ss   03:13   0:00 
gnome-screensaver