well, it sounds to me like your monitor is the problem. It probably doesn't support the resolution you're trying to drive it at. Hit Crtl-Alt-F1, log in as root, type 'init 3', run the Xconfigurator (I think that's still in redhat 7) and pick a lower resolution and/or refresh rate. And next time, be sure to click the "Test This Configuration" button in the installer. :) Scott On Thu, 17 May 2001, Jim Stith wrote:
well here goes... i got an old compaq deskpro (yes, a stupid mistake... but it was cheap) and wanted to load red hat 7.0 on it and possibly use the deskpro as a intranet server so that i could learn how to set a server up.
everything loads fine but when the system tries to go into x and give me a login screen, the monitor makes a poping sound and the screen goes blank.
same thing with mandrake and caldera.
the screen stays blank. i have gone into the bios and disabled pnp and energy saver but that does not help.
i have been going through the faq's and the only thing i have found out is that compaq did some strange things around the mbr.
i have no other options open to me and would appreciate any help anyone can give concerning this.
thanks
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