Hey, I just installed Fedora 7 onto an older Desktop...Dell Optiplex GX260, 760 RAM...2.40 Ghz P4 processor...and I can't remember the video card off the top of my head right now.

Anyway, anytime that I switch from virtual console one back to X server, the screen messes up and mangles the entire machine until it crashes. Everytime I switch over to a virtual console and switch back, I have to restart the computer because the whole thing just crashes.

Ok here's what I've tried...
-It's not a bad DVD, image is good, DVD passed check
-yum update updated a lot of things in /X11/xorg file and it still did it
-it's not the monitor (pretty obvious)
-I also tested the HD and the mem and they both passed

I am thinking that it's either a problem with my video card or it could be a software problem with my X-server configuration, either way any help would be appreciated thanks!!

Just curious, do you have an LCD monitor?
Also what options do you have on your kernel line in /boot/grub/grub.conf ?

I do not, I actually have a CRT monitor. I tested it with an LCD monitor though and it did the same thing. Like I said this is an older computer but I still am sure it has enough to run fedora 7.

heres the line in my /boot/grub/grub.conf that you wanted...

kernel /vmlinuz-2.6.21-1.3194.fc7 ro root=/dev/VolGroup00/LogVol00 rhgb

mods, please delete this thread, I am re-posting in the software forum, thanks!