currently trying to install fedora core on my dell inspiron 2100, it couldn't detect my monitor, and beforing entering setup, my creen just gone white and nothing appears, should I install my linux on the command line? or is there any other way so that it can detect my monitor? if not, what u guys suggest me to do?

hi,
coincidently i just finished installing fedora on my friends dell inspiron. the problem your having is this:modprobe cannot probe your screen, its returning bogus values and X is generating a XF86Config based on those bogus values. First start off by booting the fedora cd, when prompted "boot:" type "linux text" . this will bring your through the text installer, which is actually still semi-graphical.(reminds me of a bios utility:-)) anyways, during the install process you will be asked if you want to make a boot disk. YES you do. once everything is done reboot and boot off this new floppy youve just made. youll get another "boot:" , this time type "linux 3" . this will boot you into runlevel 3, and youll end up with a command prompt. on another computer do a google search for the horizontal and vertical frequencies of your monitor. next, use vi or emacs to edit /etc/X11/XF86Config . youll see a section for your monitor and an hsync and vsync. just change them to the info your earlier google search turned up. also, your going to have to change the resolution. your monitor is only capable of displaying 1 resolution 1400xsomething im not sure, but a google search should do the trick here too. save, reboot, and viola:-), hopefully anyway. let me know how it worked out!

I believe that you have the ability to set the monitor up before the install finishes and you reboot. I have an inspiron 5100 and I set the monitor to dell laptop 1024x768 and I never had any problem. I think that you just need to set the monitor to a dell laptop at the correct resolution. It is near the end and I am not sure if it automatically does goes to the monitor screen. I found the screen after clicking on the option to set up my video card so it was accelerated and in around the same time I set up my usbmouse so its scrollwheel worked. I thought it was rather nice for the install to have the ability to configure x so i didn't have to.