2008/7/5 Sam Varshavchik <mrsam@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>: > Rance Hall writes: > >> X based config tools work fine. but startx fails and locks up the system. >> As does system-config-display. >> >> I have an MSI K9VGM-V mobo that uses an integrated VIA chrome9 graphic >> adapter. >> >> Can someone point me in the right direction please, I just wanna get >> this installed. > > Google often points people in the right direction, in situations like that. > Next time, always try your luck with Google. A brief Google search found the > following likely course of action: > Sam: I know your work, and I've used courier on email servers in the past, yes I Googled first, but my search terms were off, I was searching for mobo specific stuff rather than video card specific stuff. > http://fedoraforum.org/forum/printthread.php?t=192362 > Thanks for the pointer, I read it and gleaned what I could from it. > Based on that thread, I suggest the following course of action: > > 1) Boot with a VESA console. Add "vga=791" to the kernel boot command line. > At the grub prompt, press enter, then 'E' to edit the kernel boot command > line, append "vga=791" to the end, then press enter and 'B' to boot. The > kernel should boot up with a fairly safe 1024x768x16 VESA framebuffer. > passing any vga mode I want works fine, I in fact had tried that to see where exactly my problem was. > 2) You should now be able now to run system-config-display and set up > VESA-based X. VESA X is very slow, and is only good enough for a basic, > non-accelerated desktop. Your only goal here to get system-config-display to > give you a working xorg.conf file. > nope, system-config-display locks up the box. a little bit of research suggests that there are a number of updated packages since 9 was released, perhaps I wait till after I get those downloaded and installed before I try system-config-display again. > 3) Reboot. Make sure that that openchrome xorg driver is installed. Edit > xorg.conf, and force the openchrome driver into xorg's configuration, see > the fedoraforum thread for info. Start X, cross your fingers, and hope that > the openchrome driver knows what to do. > > If it doesn't work, post your /var/log/Xorg.0.log and the output of the > "lspci -v" command to the xorg mailing list: > > http://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/xorg > Thanks for the hint on what information to include with any followups I need. > And hopefully someone will be able to point you in the right direction. > > If it works, file a bug in Bugzilla to get your video card autodetected in > the future, and include the same Xorg.0.log and lspci -v output in your bug > report. > Thanks again, Sam. -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list
