RH Linux 9 problem

[kingsucka]

I downloaded, put on CD and the media check when fine. Installation went fine. After Linux loads the monitor shuts down. I have a Radeon 7000 vc and a hitachi cm500 monitor that Linux found and all the settings seem to be fine. I set it for 16bit and 800x600. Any suggestions?

[LocoCoyote]

Gotta love X! Can you get a command prompt? Try Ctrl+Alt+Backspace. If you can get the command line type xf86config. Answer questions. save. reboot. hope it works.

[Computer Hobbyist]

Had a similar problem last night when I was installing RedHat 8 on an old machine to play with. I was looking at the name on the monitor when I found it on the equipment list. I clicked on the name and then tried to get into x. What a mess. Finally it had to find its own configuration. Don' t know if the old samsung monitor had been changed from when we bought it, years ago, or if the monitor they tested was named the same but was somehow different. All works now.

[kingsucka]

Yeah, it is kind of a mess. Xf86config is not found from the shell prompt. Apparently the machine can detect the vc and monitor at installation, but not when it boots. On the first boot I get a

(ww)Radeon-no matching device section
(ee)no devices detected

I swiched to the on board video and all seems to work fine, but this is not ideal. dang it!

Oh, at the shell prompt I type startx and the message says:

Couldn't start XServer
Trying with fresh configuration

Then the screen blinks a couple of times and then it says:

cannot find any screens

any suggestions?

[aym]

it's xf86config not Xf86config, Linux commands are case sensitive, actually the whole system is case sensitive.

[kingsucka]

I <i>think</i> I did it both ways, I'll have to check--Thanks.