[NTLUG:Discuss] Laptop Redhat 7.1

[MadHat]

At 04:30 AM 9/17/2001 -0700, Mike Hart wrote:
>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

init 2? init 2 is more or less useless (unless you are using NFS).  init 1 
is single user, init 3 is multiuser CLI, init 5 is multiuser X, init 6 is 
reboot and init 0 is halt...  init 4 is not used.  technically init 2 is 
not really used either but defined at multiuser w/o nfs...

>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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