Fedora 6 X issues...Help!....Please!

[woody1144]

Hi all!,

My name is Rich and i have just completely transfered to Linux after dipping in and out for a few months as i think its important to immerse myself fully for what i plan to do as a career (Computer Security). I'm pretty much a newb so please bare with me.

I'm having issues with FC6 on my laptop. Its an acer aspire 5012wlmi. My issue is with X graphical environment. When i installed FC6 i had to go through the text mode as when i tried graphical mode my screen went completely black.

I got it installed with no errors but am now faced with a complete text environment. Of course i would like to get out of this to start with so i don't mess anything up.

I found an old post found here:
http://www.linuxforums.org/forum/red...highlight=x700

which explains the same problem and has a solution.

heres the solution:
OK I got Ubuntu to work by editing the xorg.conf file, going to the monitor section and changing:
Option "DMPS"
To:
Option "MonitorLayout" "LVDS"

Will this work in FC6 and how do i go about inserting this code?

I have no idea if X is installed (i assume so as i used the DVD .iso) so i dont know if thats the issue.

Sorry for the hassle but i'm very keen to get involved fully with linux and i guess these little snags at the start will get me learning quicker!

Cheers,

Rich

[devils casper]

no need to edit xorg,conf file at this stage. first of all check the cause of problem
execute 'startx' and check if GUI loads. in case it throws errors execute 'system-config-display' command.

[woody1144]

Thank you very much, ill give it a go when i get back from work and see what happens.

Cheers for the help, much appreciated.

Thanks,

Rich

[woody1144]

Hey!

ok i'm finally speaking from my FC6 laptop, Woohoo, got the 'net working!.

still having issues with X though.

I've managed to get X to start by using an external monitor.

When using start x with no external monitor my screen goes black and does't do anything. same with system-config-display. so have to reboot.

i tryed opening xorg.conf, but there isn't a section similar to that debain solution so i didnt want to mess around too much with being a noob logged in as /.

here my xorg.conf from /etc/X11

"# Xorg configuration created by pyxf86config

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

Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "Keyboard0"
Driver "kbd"
Option "XkbModel" "pc105"
Option "XkbLayout" "gb"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "Synaptics"
Driver "synaptics"
Option "Device" "/dev/input/mice"
Option "Protocol" "auto-dev"
Option "Emulate3Buttons" "yes"
EndSection

Section "Device"
Identifier "Videocard0"
Driver "radeon"
EndSection

Section "Screen"
Identifier "Screen0"
Device "Videocard0"
DefaultDepth 24
SubSection "Display"
Viewport 0 0
Depth 24
EndSubSection
EndSection

"
I've got to say im confused by the "screen" and "device" section. my cards an ATI x700 and there doesnt seem to be any mention of this.

I've downloaded the latest drivers, shall i just double click that file and hope for the best!

Thanks a lot,

Rich

[devils casper]

Monitor details and Modes ( Resolutions ) are missing. open xorg.conf file in nano editor and add this

Section "Monitor"
	Identifier   "Monitor0"
	ModelName    "xxxx"
	HorizSync    30.0 - 60.0
	VertRefresh  50.0 - 85.0
	Option	    "dpms"
EndSection

add this in Screen Section

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

save file and execute 'system-config-display' command.