On 3/15/07, Jesse Petre <jmpetre@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Hello Developers, I'm not entirely sure if this is the right place for me to be making this suggestion, but I strongly felt that it needs to be made.
Well this isn't the developers list, but that's okay.
I've a very inexperienced linux user, and decided to give Fedora a try.
Glad to hear that, sorry that your first experience was bad, don't judge Fedora too harshly by that.
This was three days ago, and only just today can I log into linux.
In future, head over to irc://freenode/fedora as soon as possible, your problems would have been solved much quicker.
The root of all problems came from the X config being installed with a default bit-depth of 24-bits. My monitor does not support 24-bit color, only 16 and 32, so after installing Fedora, my monitor would simply flash "input not supported". This may sound like a simple problem to you, but to me, a very inexperienced user, I was baffled as to why my monitor would not display the screen.
It is actually quite a simple problem, but it is however difficult if you haven't had that much experience.
It also was not helpful, at all, to leave out X configuration during the installation. I could have easily reinstalled Fedora, multiple times if necessary, and messed around with display settings to my heart's content.
I agree, I am one of those who is very much against not having the graphical setup as part of the fresh installation, it was there in Fedora Core 5. I have had this very problem myself at least 6 times.
I am familiar with this. I am not familiar with learning how to switch to a virtual console, learn how to find the Xorg configuration file to edit manually (because system-config-display won't work -- it runs in 24-bits)
Also true.
, and learn how to use an extremely confusing text editor (vi) from the console.
Fedora comes with a much simpler text editor, aimed at newbies, called 'nano'
Ultimately, my prime and strong suggestion is to change the default bit-depth installed to 16-bits, or at the least, allow users to configure X during the installation process.
I agree with your later suggestion, I have been told that the problem will be fixed by Fedora 7, I am not sure how they intend on fixing it, but I have been assured that the developers are aware of the problem.
If this is the wrong place to be sending a suggestion, please let me know, and thanks for reading :)
You're welcome.
Jesse
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