[NTLUG:Discuss] Laptop Redhat 7.1

[Scott Anderson]

All seems well now.  What I did to get the display back was:

Changed the '/etc/inittab' from 'id:5:initdefault' to 'id:3:initdefault'.
This gave me a Linux prompt at my next boot.
>From the Linux prompt I ran 'Xconfigurator' as root.
At the next boot 'startx' started gnome.

Thank you everybody for the help.


Scott



"Frank Lewis Jr." wrote:

> What kind of machine/display are you using?
>
> -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 1:44 PM
> To: discuss at ntlug.org
> Subject: Re: [NTLUG:Discuss] Laptop Redhat 7.1
>
> 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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