Re: Fedora and SGI 1600SW Monitor

From: Marc Mouriès (marc_at_mouries.net)
Date: 05/24/04

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Date: Mon, 24 May 2004 13:05:27 +0200

    > - booting into single user mode,

    OK, i succeeded to boot in single mode and change the inittab
    with runlevel to 3.

    Now the boot goes further but it hangs at the line
    "Checking new hardware"

    > - and editing your xorg.conf with the original values from XF86Config

    where is this file ? and which values do i have to enter ?

    ----- Original Message -----
    From: "Marc Mouries" <marc@mouries.net>
    To: "For users of Fedora Core releases" <fedora-list@redhat.com>; "John
    Hearns" <john.hearns@clustervision.com>
    Cc: "For users of Fedora Core releases" <fedora-list@redhat.com>
    Sent: Monday, May 24, 2004 10:15 AM
    Subject: Re: Fedora and SGI 1600SW Monitor

    > Quoting John Hearns <john.hearns@clustervision.com>:
    >
    > > On Mon, 2004-05-24 at 08:33, Marc Mouries wrote:
    > > > Hi,
    > > >
    > > > During the setup of FC1, i was asked to select the type of monitor i
    have
    > > > and to enter the vsync and hsync of this monitor (which is a SGI
    1600SW)
    > > > but this was not asked with FC2 and when i reboot after the setup
    > > > my screen goes kind of white.
    > > As I recall, those monitors are fixed frequency.
    > > I'd suggest booting into single user mode,
    > > and editing your xorg.conf with the original values from XF86Config
    >
    >
    > Thanks your help but i am new to Fedora, can you explain how to:
    >
    > - booting into single user mode,
    > - and editing your xorg.conf with the original values from XF86Config
    >
    > because when i rebooted after the install my screen goes white.
    >
    > Thanks
    >
    > >
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    > Marc
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