laptop monitor problems with FC5

[tesseractheart]

I’ve installing FC5 on my laptop and I’m stuck either working from the prompt or with a non-laptop monitor. Below are some details I thought would be helpful to anyone feeling kind enough to help me out. I'm new to Linux and I would really appreciate any help. Fortunately a friend helped figured out some of the symptoms but we still can’t fix it.

-When I first installed, I tried graphical installation setup. My laptop successfully got past the CD test, and started running anaconda installer. It detected my video card, and then on the next thing the screen went blank.

-I then tried using text installation mode, and the installation worked. But my computer booted in to Init 3 (stuck with the prompt) and I could use the laptop monitor. If I try to change to init 4 or 5 I get a blank screen if using the laptop monitor.

-If I change it to init 5 I get a blank screan. I can plug in a non-laptop monitor and it works fine. I just can't use the laptop monitor.

-I tried once more using graphical installation, but this time with a non-laptop monitor. Now it automaticly boots into Init 5 and I can only use a non-laptop monitor.

I’m working with an MSI MS-1029.
ATI Mobility Radeon X700 with 128MB VRAM
AMD Turion 64 MT processor

[devils casper]

hi tesseractheart !!!

you should edit /etc/X11/xorg.conf...........
check this part

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

change Modes suitable for ur laptop....

check the driver in this section... it should be radeon....

Section "Device"
Identifier "Videocard0"
Driver "sis"
VendorName "Videocard vendor"
BoardName "Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] 661/741/760/761 PCI/AGP VGA Display Adapter"
EndSection

if you still get problems ... post your xorg.conf file...

<=== { casper } ===>

[Michael2409]

hi tesseractheart !!!

you should edit /etc/X11/xorg.conf...........
check this part

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

change Modes suitable for ur laptop....

check the driver in this section... it should be radeon....

Section "Device"
Identifier "Videocard0"
Driver "sis"
VendorName "Videocard vendor"
BoardName "Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] 661/741/760/761 PCI/AGP VGA Display Adapter"
EndSection

if you still get problems ... post your xorg.conf file...

<=== { casper } ===>

Hello Casper ...
I am new on linux, and I have the same problem with tesseractheart.
I have just installed fedora core 5 on my laptop on text mode because
I had a black screen during graphics installation.

I have a laptop from clevo with an intel pentium m 1.73 processor,
1024 MB RAM and ATI Mobility Radeon 128MB.

When I log in as root and I type startx , the screen goes black...

I tried your instruction and I typed your command /etc/X11/xorg.conf
but then it was written that I don't have permission to the file.
Exactly"-bash: /etc/X11/xorg.conf: Permission denied".

What can I do?
Thank you for your help!

[tesseractheart]

Michael2409,
did you log in as root? and do you know how to use VI editor?