Post-installation problem with FC6

Kam Leo kam.leo at gmail.com
Fri Apr 27 02:08:14 UTC 2007


On 4/26/07, Kam Leo <kam.leo at gmail.com> wrote:
> On 4/26/07, Imran M Yousuf <imyousuf at gmail.com> wrote:
> > Dear Users,
> >
> > I am having a strange problem after installing Fedora Core 6. I could
> > complete the installation successfully, but on the first reboot of the
> > machine when it switches to GUI mode my monitor fails to render anything; I
> > tried with 17 Inch CRT and 15 Inch LCD and result was same. The message for
> > LCD is "Input signal out of range" and for CRT "Hz ?", So I am assuming that
> > the refresh rate used by the OS is not compatible with the Graphics card. I
> > would like to emphasize the fact that INSTALLATION WAS SUCCESSFULLY DONE IN
> > UI MODE :).
> > Now I started the FC6 in command prompt mode and not surprisingly startx
> > fails with same message :). So I was wanting help on how I could start FC6
> > in GUI mode; someone please help me. I have a hunch that I could supply
> > argument to startx or xinit but not sure how to do that. Please help me.
> > Thanks in Advance.
> >
> > Configuration:
> > P4 2.66 MHz
> > 1 GB RAM with 64 MB shared for AGP
> > VIA Compatible AGP
> > 80 GB ATA/IDE HDD
> > 40 GB SATA HDD
> > Rhine and RealTek LAN Cards
> >
> > Waiting for a reply.
> >
> > Imran
>
> Reboot to runlevel 3. Do a "yum upgrade" to upgrade your system to the
> latest packages. Reboot. If your system is still hung, reboot to
> runlevel 3; e.g. at Grub menu prompt type an "a" and press "Enter"

Oops, omitted a "3" after the "a" above.

> key. Log in as root.  Run "system-config-display" to specify your
> graphics card and monitor. If the tests work go to runlevel 5, e.g.
> "init 5".
>




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