F8 can't start X

[Clodoaldo]

2008/2/11, inforainbow at infinito.it <inforainbow at infinito.it>:
> On Tue, 12 Feb 2008 02:08:48 +0100
>   Henning Larsen <hennlar at start.no> wrote:
> >
> > On Mon, 2008-02-11 at 22:49 -0200, Clodoaldo wrote:
> >> 2008/2/11, John Thompson <john at vector.os2.dhs.org>:
> >> > On 2008-02-11, Clodoaldo
> >><clodoaldo.pinto.neto at gmail.com> wrote:
> >> > > Just installed F8 can't start X. I have been
> >>searching on this for
> >> > > hours. Any hints? It looks like the "missing output
> >>drivers" message
> >> > > is the key.
> >> >
> >> > Have you tried the generic SVGA driver? E.g. in
> >>/etc/X11/xorg.conf,
> >> > change this:
> >> >
> >> > > Section "Device"
> >> > >         Identifier  "Videocard0"
> >> > >         Driver      "savage"
> >> >
> >> > To this:
> >> >
> >> >  Section "Device"
> >> >          Identifier  "Videocard0"
> >> >          Driver      "svga"
> >>
> >> Thanks. svga does not work:
> >
> > maybe try vesa
> >
> >> (EE) Failed to load module "svga" (module does not
> >>exist, 0)
> >>
> >> Tried vga and there is image in about a quarter of the
> >>monitor with a
> >> huge font. Totally unusable.
> >>
> >> Regards, Clodoaldo Pinto Neto
> >>
> >
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> Try to add "vga=791" at boot prompt it should say to use
> vga driver with a resolution 0f 1024x768 and a color depth
> of 24  bit
> Let me know

It uses a nicer resolution to boot but X still fails to start.

Regards, Clodoaldo Pinto Neto