[NTLUG:Discuss] Laptop Redhat 7.1

[Scott Anderson]

I changed the /etc/inittab file to default to textbased login and now I
get a linux prompt.  (Thanks Frank!)  When I 'startx' at the prompt I
still get the black screen.  I'll start playing with the settings and
see if I can get the Gnome gui working.

Any ideas on the best settings to try first?

Scott


Patrick Parks wrote:

> I am running 7.1 on a Sony Vaio PCG-F560. I had the same problem you
> are having when I upgraded to 7.1. I had to set my color to 16 million
> colors in order to be able to boot to a gui. When I did the test for X
> it passed every time at any screen size, or colors. But when I booted,
> I got a blank screen everytime. One other thing to think about is if
> your laptop has the function of working with a monitor. I can hit fn
> (function) and F7 on mine and it will switch between monitor, and
> laptop screen. If you are running windows on the monitor, and reboot
> without changing the F7 and unplug the monitor you will get a blank
> screen. I know that is probably not what is happening, but thought I
> would throw it here.
>
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> On Sun, 2001-09-16 at 12:18, Fred James wrote:
>
>      I had a similar experience with Red Hat 7.1 on a laptop (Dell Latitude
>      C850), except is was a fresh install and not an upgrade.
>
>      What I found was that no matter what graphical configuration I selected,
>      when I pushed the test button it seemed to ignore all my selections in
>      favor of settings it preferred.  Then I found that if my selections did
>      not match those that it preferred I would experience trouble with X -
>      such as the black screen you describe.
>
>      The solution seems to be to make your selections match those shown in
>      the "test" screen image.
>
>      Frank Lewis Jr. wrote:
>
>      > I've seen this on systems that boot directly into X. Is this the case
>      > with your setup?
>      >
>      > -Frank
>      >
>      > -----Original Message-----
>      > From: discuss-admin at ntlug.org [mailto:discuss-admin at ntlug.org] On Behalf
>      > Of Scott Anderson
>      > Sent: Sunday, September 16, 2001 10:20 AM
>      > To: NTLUG
>      > Subject: [NTLUG:Discuss] Laptop Redhat 7.1
>      >
>      > My laptop has been running Redhat 7.0 without problem.  When I attempted
>      > to upgrade to 7.1 I ran into some problems.  Initially the install
>      > seemed to be successful.  When I boot LILO succeeds and Linux runs
>      > through the normal boot starting process.  The screen then goes black
>      > and a Linux prompt never occurs.
>      >
>      >  If I do a hard boot after this, I get several messages saying things
>      > like:
>      >
>      > Inode 128372 i_blocks is 64, should be 24.
>      >
>      >
>      > Has anyone experienced a similar situation with a laptop running Redhat
>      > 7.1?
>      >
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