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тАО10-17-2005 03:44 AM
тАО10-17-2005 03:44 AM
Re: Fedora help
# system-config-display --reconfig
white space---------------^
(Hopefully my arrow lines up correctly!)
i.e. two 'words'
1. system-config-display
2. --reconfig
with an empty space between the '...lay' and the '--rec...'
(IIRC -- (double minus) is for defining options according to a posix compliancy thing, and you see it a lot in Linux. Most folk are more accustomed to just seeing single minus signs - confusing! :-)
Regards,
Andy Bruce
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тАО10-17-2005 03:49 AM
тАО10-17-2005 03:49 AM
Re: Fedora help
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тАО10-17-2005 05:02 AM
тАО10-17-2005 05:02 AM
Re: Fedora help
Next step:
Reboot into runlevel 3
(do what I described for single user mode, but replace the 'single' with the number '3').
Manually edit the X11 config file:
vi /etc/X11/xorg.conf
and set up a very basic X-Display configuration (e.g. 640x480 8 bit colour).
Once you have done this, execute:
# init 5
which will launch the graphical mode.
If this *still* doesn't work, you can flip between graphical and text mode using the virtual consoles:
ctr-alt-F1 to ctr-alt-F6 should all give you text consoles, while ctr-alt-F7 will return you to the graphical screen.
In fact, as I think about it, no need to reboot!
Boot up.
Once the screen messes up, hit ctr-alt-F1 and you *should* get a text screen.
Execute:
# init 3
to switch off the X display
edit the xorg.conf file
Execute:
# init 5
to get the X display up again, and see if it is showing enything.
This way, you can flip between init 3 and init 5 to make adjustments without rebooting.
As for the changes to your xorg.conf file, I can't comment without knowing what your hardware is.
One other thing you can do, is look to see if Fedora has loaded a driver for your graphics adapter:
Execute:
# lsmod
and you will be shown a list of all the kernel modules (drivers) that are currently loaded.
Hopefully, you will see something that is relevent to your hardware (e.g. radeon, or nvidia (sometimes also 'nv', etc.).
Regards,
Andy Bruce
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тАО10-17-2005 05:15 AM
тАО10-17-2005 05:15 AM
Re: Fedora help
How do I do that? There is no similar entry in that file now that I can use as a guide. here is what it says:
#XFree86 4 configuration created by pyxf86config
Section "ServerLayout"
Identifier "Default Layout"
Screen 0 "Screen0" 0 0
InputDevice "Mouse0" "CorePointer"
InputDevice "Keyboard0" "CoreKeyboard"
InputDevice "Synaptics" "AlwaysCore"
EndSection
Section "Files"
# six lines of comments.
RgbPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/rgb"
FontPath "unix/:7100"
EndSection
Section "Module"
"/etc/X11/xorg.conf" 130L, 3322C
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тАО10-17-2005 05:42 AM
тАО10-17-2005 05:42 AM
Re: Fedora help
Toshiba Satellite 1805-S207
Graphics/Video:
Active Matrix disp, supports up to 16M colors at 1024 x 768
Trident Cybr ALADDiN-T integrated controller 16MB external UMA VRAM
3D Graph Accel, AGP bus support 2D graph accel, BitBLT hdw, HDW cursor, Direct Draw support.
External color support:
Lists ranges from 640x480 to 1600x1200
My Windows 2003 Server OS lists a Standard VGA Display
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тАО10-17-2005 06:07 AM
тАО10-17-2005 06:07 AM
Re: Fedora help
To configure a "generic" video adapter driver, run:
system-config-display --reconfig --set-driver=vesa
The "vesa" works with all video adapters, but lacks of specific features.
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тАО10-17-2005 06:10 AM
тАО10-17-2005 06:10 AM
Re: Fedora help
Try http://www.linuxpackages.net/howto/slackfiles/books/slackware-basics/html/x11.html
for a start.
The critical bits of your xorg.conf (for display) will begin with something like:
Section "Device"
EndSection
and
Section "Screen"
EndSection
Obviously, you'll need to make sure the display driver stuff is appropriate for your hardware.
Likewise, the display resolution stuff is where you can tell the system what resolution and colour depth should be used.
I just did a bit of searching on your video card and found the following example of an xorg.conf file:
http://rf.com.br/files/Toshiba_1805-S254_XF86Config-4.txt
Copy the appropriate sections into your display and device definitaions and see if it helps.
Don't forget to back up your current config!
I also found a web page from someone who has installed Redhat 7.2 on the same laptop model as yours:
http://home.comcast.net/~steven.fricke/toshiba/
There will be stuff there that is applicable to your set up (they're using XFree86 as opposed to xorg, but I believe the configuration files are pretty much the same...)
Good luck,
Andy Bruce
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тАО10-17-2005 07:09 AM
тАО10-17-2005 07:09 AM
Re: Fedora help
With the "=vesa" option I get a somewhat part-legible screen with the words
"In Touch with Tomorrow"
"TOSHIBA"
across the top, but not much else. I can however toggle between text and graphics mode, which I couldn't do with the previous options.
Frustration starting to set in...
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тАО10-17-2005 07:33 AM
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тАО10-17-2005 07:36 AM
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