How Can I Tell (Second Post)?
Arthur Pemberton
pemboa at gmail.com
Fri Oct 26 19:58:11 UTC 2007
On 10/26/07, Gene Poole <gene.poole at macys.com> wrote:
>
> OK, here is where I am (going into the weekend):
> I've re-installed Fedora Core 6 - partially.
Why Fedora 6 and not 7? 8 comes out in a few weeks.
> It has gotten to the first boot and failed (after this boot, is where
> you process the Firewall, SELinux, a regular User, and Sound, etc.)
> with a 'Out Of Range' message.
That's not a failure (technically) it is a problem though, and it
means that the _default_ display settings are not working with your
display.
> Here is what I plan to do:
> Re-boot and modify so that it boots to run level 3 by altering the
Correct... do you know how?
> Grub process.
Um.. ok
> Log on as root and run system-config-display.
> Using nano, update the Modes and Horiz/Vert information (Viewsonic
> VA550 = 1024x768 NI; Horiz: 30-62 kHz; Vert: 50-75 Hz).
> Make sure that the driver is vesa.
> Reboot and hope for Phase 2 of the install to continue.
I mean you either use system-config-display or you modify the conf
file directly.. .no need to do both.
> I need to verify that the following is in xorg.conf:
> Section "Monitor"
> Identifier "Monitor0"
> ModelName "Viewsonic VA550"
> HorizSync 30.0 - 62.0
> VertRefresh 50.0 - 75.0
> Option "dpms"
> EndSection
>
> Section "Device"
> Identifier "Videocard0"
> Driver "vesa"
> EndSection
>
> Section "Screen"
> Identifier "Screen0"
> Device "Videocard0"
> Monitor "Monitor0"
> DefaultDepth 24
> SubSection "Display"
> Viewport 0 0
> Depth 24
> Modes "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
> EndSubSection
> EndSection
>
> If someone sees anything wrong with this plan or the xorg.conf, please stop
> me before I start!
I don't have <Monitor> section myself, but looks okay otherwise. The
xorg.log may have more info.
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