Login problem after installation and reboot for the first time!

[HosaLinux]

Hi all,
On my friend's system, we tried to install Fedora 10 first and then fedora 9! The same problem appears in both.. Here it is..
1. Fedora 10 did not allow us to install in Graphical mode at all, we did it in text mode!
2. After everything s fine, and all packages are installed, and it says "Congratulations, need to reboot", and we reboot, instead of the usual welcome screen which asks for a license agreement, user creation and etc, we get a login promt, (much as localhost.localdomain: ) and we dont know what to enter!!
3. Logging in as root doesn't help!! (It says login incorrect for whatever we do! ?!!
4. The same happened in fedora 9, except that it supported graphical mode.
5. And now, when we reboot, the monitor says "out of range" !!


We have tried installing it 4-5 times, and nothing good has happened. Please help!

[devils casper]

Fedora is not configuring your Graphics Card and Monitor correctly. Which Graphics Card do you have?

[HosaLinux]

Just the onboard graphics of Biostar 7050 motherboard!

[Coolieo]

Just the onboard graphics of Biostar 7050 motherboard!

Sorry for hijacking the thread?? but its the only one I have been able to find via google.

I have a BIOSTAR GF7050V-M7 motherboard also, I have tried to install the latest stable version of Fedora, I have also tried the latest beta version as well.

I am having the same problems as HosaLinux. The installer will not allow me to install in graphical mode, but installs fine from text mode.

I cannot boot into GNOME once the computer has rebooted after the install. All I get is the login console, once logged in init 5 doesnt work, there are no screens available...

I can login as root and install the NVIDIA drivers that are from the nvidia website for my graphics, but once installed and GNOME is up and running, the desktop resolution will only stay at 640x480... there is also the option to set it as 320x240, which I have not tried as this resolution is bad enough to manage.

I have played about with xorg.conf with no success adding custom resolutions, BUT the nvidia driver that has installed comes with a config tool which can set the resolution to anything I want, but instead of fitting it all in the screen, I have to scroll around the screen by moving the cursor to each edge of the screen.

The specs of my board and graphics are:
BIOSTAR GF7050V-M7 Motherboard
Intel® Pentium® D Processor @ 3GHz
2GB DDR2 Memory
The graphics are built in consisting of:
NVIDIA GeForce 7050 GPU, which has the nForce 610i chipset onboard. It has 512MB memory, shared with RAM.

Are there any technical problems with this setup and Fedora 10?

I believe I am having the same problems as HosaLinux, but I am able to get logged in... which is a bonus.

I am a total newbie to linux, but if a link could be provided to a more suitable driver or solution to fix the current driver then that would be great!!

Thanks,
Steven Coull

[devils casper]

Hi and Welcome !

Post the contents of /etc/X11/xorg.conf file here.

[Sub_Zero]

/etc/X11/xorg.conf: No such file or directory

my res is stuck at 800*600

[devils casper]

Hi and Welcome !

Did you execute exact command? Its Capital X in X11. In case there isn't any xorg.conf file in /etc/X11 folder, create new file.
Execute this

su -
nano /etc/X11/xorg.conf

Above command will create and open new xorg.conf file in nano editor.
Paste these contents:

Section "Monitor"
    Identifier   "Monitor0"
    HorizSync    30.0 - 71.0
    VertRefresh  50.0 - 160.0
    Option        "dpms"
EndSection

Section "Device"
    Identifier  "Videocard0"
    Driver      "vesa"
EndSection

Section "Screen"
    Identifier "Screen0"
    Device     "Videocard0"
    Monitor    "Monitor0"
    DefaultDepth     24
    SubSection "Display"
        Depth     24
        Modes    "1280x1024" "1024x768"
    EndSubSection
EndSection

Press Ctrl+X, Y and hit Enter key to save file.
Reboot machine.

In case it doesn't work, post the output of this

su -
/sbin/lspci | grep -i vga

[Sub_Zero]

thanks but it seems to have found my driver again, now i need to fix the internet, would you know anything about that?