"Cannot Display This Video Mode"

I am installing Fedora Core 6. Everything goes fine, until the machine tries to boot up and go into the grapphical mode, then I get this message on my screen that says:

"Cannot Display This Video Mode"

I have tried reloading this machine about 5 times and it does it every time. It is a brand new HP Compaq dc 7700 Convertible minitower with an ATI Radeon video card (AGP) in it. It also has a built in video card integrated into the motherboard. I've tried using both of them, but don't have any luck with either one...

Any ideas what I can do just to get ANY resolution of display to work?


HRT

Hi and Welcome !

You have to install ATI driver. Use "vesa" driver for time being.
Highlight Fedora title in GRUB Menu and press 'a'. Type single and Hit Enter key. Fedora will boot up in Single User Mode and drop you at login prompt. Log in as root and execute this

Code:

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system-config-display

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Select "vesa" in Drivers List and reboot machine.

That worked great! Only thing is now that after rebooting the box just goes into text mode after logging in, not GUI mode. What do I need to edit to make it always go into the Gnome GUI?

HRT

Log in as root and open /etc/inittab file.
Look for this line:

Code:

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id:5:initdefault:

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Its first un-commented line in the file. 5 represents GUI mode and 3 represents Command Line mode.

Awesome! That did it, thanks!!!

Glad to help you. :) Do post back if you have any other query/problem.