[NTLUG:Discuss] Laptop Redhat 7.1

[Mike Hart]

Laptops have issues with syncing the lcd properly. 
Try switching between the LCD and CRT output (fn-F5 on
my laptop) and see if that gives you a graphic screen.
If not, try resetting your X setup to ensure that the
install process chose a resolution that the LCD screen
is capable of... some laptops have graphic cards
capable of far higher resolution than the screens they
ship with.

1. ctrl-alt-f2
2. if still see no screen, press fn-F5 a couple times
3. login as root
4. # init 2
5. # XF86Setup
6. # init 3
7. you may still have to do the fn-F5 a couple times
to sync properly

good luck


--- "Frank Lewis Jr." <frank.lewis at netzero.net> 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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