Bilal D. wrote:
> hi,
>
> I have the NVIDIA Geforce 2 MX400 display adapter with a generic CRT
> (H48.4 Khz,V60.0Hz at 1024x768); before i never met a problem with
> previous versions of fedora, but now i tried fedora 6 and it can't
> Start X server despite it know my display adapter.
>
> before in red hat 7.x we have a good tool for configuring X window in
> text mode but now i don't know what they suggest as alternative to the
> old tool, and they offer a tool that needs X window running to adjust X
> window configuration !!!
>
> i want to be guided to the natural way they suppose to solve such
> problems.
>
> thank u.

I'm researching the same problem with my installation. I believe there
are text mode tools to do this but I haven't been able to find/run
them. They are supposed to be xorgcfg -textmode, xorgconfig and
setuptool.

Have you solved your problem?

of course, i have solved the pb manually by editing the xorg.conf
configuration file: /etc/X11/xorg.conf


# XFree86 4 configuration created by pyxf86config

Section "ServerLayout"
Identifier "Default Layout"
Screen 0 "Screen0" 0 0
InputDevice "Mouse0" "CorePointer"
InputDevice "Keyboard0" "CoreKeyboard"
EndSection

Section "Files"

# RgbPath is the location of the RGB database. Note, this is the name
of the
# file minus the extension (like ".txt" or ".db"). There is normally
# no need to change the default.
# Multiple FontPath entries are allowed (they are concatenated
together)
# By default, Red Hat 6.0 and later now use a font server independent
of
# the X server to render fonts.
RgbPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/rgb"
FontPath "unix/:7100"
EndSection

Section "Module"
Load "dbe"
Load "extmod"
Load "fbdevhw"
Load "glx"
Load "record"
Load "freetype"
Load "type1"
Load "dri"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"

# Specify which keyboard LEDs can be user-controlled (eg, with xset(1))
# Option "Xleds" "1 2 3"
# To disable the XKEYBOARD extension, uncomment XkbDisable.
# Option "XkbDisable"
# To customise the XKB settings to suit your keyboard, modify the
# lines below (which are the defaults). For example, for a non-U.S.
# keyboard, you will probably want to use:
# Option "XkbModel" "pc102"
# If you have a US Microsoft Natural keyboard, you can use:
# Option "XkbModel" "microsoft"
#
# Then to change the language, change the Layout setting.
# For example, a german layout can be obtained with:
# Option "XkbLayout" "de"
# or:
# Option "XkbLayout" "de"
# Option "XkbVariant" "nodeadkeys"
#
# If you'd like to switch the positions of your capslock and
# control keys, use:
# Option "XkbOptions" "ctrl:swapcaps"
# Or if you just want both to be control, use:
# Option "XkbOptions" "ctrl:nocaps"
#
Identifier "Keyboard0"
Driver "kbd"
Option "XkbModel" "pc105"
Option "XkbLayout" "fr"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "Mouse0"
Driver "mouse"
Option "Protocol" "IMPS/2"
Option "Device" "/dev/input/mice"
Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"
Option "Emulate3Buttons" "yes"
EndSection

Section "Monitor"
Identifier "Monitor0"
VendorName "Monitor Vendor"
ModelName "500E"
DisplaySize 280 210
HorizSync 30.0 - 54.0
VertRefresh 50.0 - 120.0
Option "dpms"
EndSection

Section "Device"
Identifier "Videocard0"
Driver "nv"
VendorName "Videocard vendor"
BoardName "NVIDIA GeForce 2 MX (generic)"
EndSection

Section "Screen"
Identifier "Screen0"
Device "Videocard0"
Monitor "Monitor0"
DefaultDepth 24
SubSection "Display"
Viewport 0 0
Depth 16
Modes "800x600" "640x480"
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Viewport 0 0
Depth 24
Modes "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
EndSubSection
EndSection

Section "DRI"
Group 0
Mode 0666
EndSection

u may identify ur problem by reading the log file generated after
launching X or system-config-display: /var/log/Xorg.0.log

my problem was with the monitor so i added the section:

Section "Monitor"
Identifier "Monitor0"
VendorName "Monitor Vendor"
ModelName "1554"
DisplaySize 280 210
HorizSync 30.0 - 54.0
VertRefresh 50.0 - 120.0
Option "dpms"
EndSection

these information come with the monitor manual and may be found on its
back.

good luck!!!

i missed that,

it is also possible to use
system-config-display in text mode to configure options:

ex:
system-config-display --set-resolution=1024x768

good luck;

Bilal D. wrote:
> i missed that,
>
> it is also possible to use
> system-config-display in text mode to configure options:
>
> ex:
> system-config-display --set-resolution=1024x768
>
> good luck;

Thanks. I was not able to run system-config-display -v and the --set-
options didn't seem to be working. After looking at your config and
searching the net for the man pages, I was able to edit the file
successfully. The biggest change was replacing "radeon" with "vesa".
This was the key to my problem of not getting to the desktop.

Cheers.