TB wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I just finished installing a Fedora Core 5 distribution on my computer.
> The problem is that I was unable to install it in graphical mode, so I
> had to go for the text mode installation. Now I am able to boot into
> Linux but the X server does not run automatically; and when I try to
> run it manually by issuing 'X' on bash, the operating system fails to
> start it (it only ends up showing a screen that is covered with thin
> and vertically aligned white, green and yellow stripes, with an inch by
> inch square box instead of the mouse pointer).
>
> Has anyone else run into a similar situation and found a problem? My
> goal is that X run automatically when the system boots and that I be
> able to use the GUI features that are part of KDE or GNOME to make life
> easier, since I am using Linux for the first time.
>
> Here's my hardware configuration (as recorded using Windows installed
> on a separate hard disk):
>
> Pentium(R) 4 CPU 2.66GHz
> 2.67GHz, 448MB of RAM
> Computer: ACPI Uniprocessor PC
> Disk Drive: Samsung SP0822N
> Display Adapter: ATI RADEON XPRESS 200 Series
> DVD/CD-ROM Drives: TSSTcorp CD-R/RW SH-R522C
>
> As discovered by Anaconda during Fedora installation:
> Video Card: ATI Technologies Inc. RC410 [RADEON XPRESS 200]
> Monitor type: Samsung Syncmaster 793S/793V/CM173G
>
> Any help will be appreciated,
> Tarun
>
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