[Sussex] Fedora system which will not start

[Brendan Whelan]

Hello,

Thanks to David and Jon for their responses to my business partners question
when I was on site. I will try out your suggestions when I next get access
to the server.

Regards,

Brendan
----- Original Message -----
From: "Jon Fautley" <jfautley at redhat.com>
To: "LUG email list for the Sussex Counties" <sussex at mailman.lug.org.uk>
Sent: Monday, March 20, 2006 3:50 PM
Subject: Re: [Sussex] Fedora system which will not start


> Malcolm Moore - Global Databases Ltd. wrote:
> > Hello,
> >
> > My co-worker is stuck on site with a Fedora system which will not start.
> >
> > He has just upgraded from Fedora Core 3 to Core 4 (something he has done
> > a number of times on different Dell systems).
> >
> > The upgrade went through as expected but on booting, the new version,
> > the graphic display will not synchronise. Everything appears jumbled in
> > the top part of the screen.
> >
> > Using the rescue disk he has reduced the screen resolution in
> > /etc/X11/xorg.conf to 600x480 with just 8 bits. He has tried both flat
> > and a modern conventional CRT but the problem persists. The system is a
> > Dell with graphics chip E173FP. Once the system is successfully booted,
> > he has a number of patches to apply which may cure the problem.
>
> The quickest and easiest way to get graphics working is to run
> 'system-config-display' as root, from the command line. This will
> reconfigure your X display and should get you into a reasonably working
> configuration.
>
> You'll need to ensure that X isn't started at this point, so when you
> get a login screen (or not... ;) ) hit Ctrl-Alt-F1 and it'll put you at
> a text mode login prompt. Login and type 'init 3' at the commandline -
> this will put the system in Runlevel 3 (has the effect of stopping X).
> Once you've done the system-config-display jobbie, type 'init 5' to get
> back to graphical login.
>
> Hope this helps!
>
> Jon
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