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

Hello,
I am trying to install fedora 2 on a Dell Inspiron 5000 laptop. 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. 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. 
Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks
Bryan

P.S. I get the same result if I do a text install.




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[Peter Boy]

Am Do, den 02.09.2004 schrieb bryan2(a)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.  
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

[Jeff Vian]

On Fri, 2004-09-03 at 15:56, Peter wrote:
>  Am Do, den 02.09.2004 schrieb bryan2(a)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
>  
>  
>