Garbled Screen EVERY TIME, please help?

dannyboy374 · 05-25-2006, 09:11 PM

i fixed my problem with ubunto, now i'm having the same issue with fedora 5, when i logon with my username and password in the gui, the screen garbles up and freezes, i know it's a video error. how can i change video settings to i believe "vesa"? i used the following command in "ubuntu" to fix it there "sudo dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xorg". this command does not work in fedora 5, could anybody tell me which command works for fedora 5? thanks

nadroj · 05-25-2006, 09:29 PM

to use the vesa driver instead of whatever driver your using now edit the /etc/X11/xorg.conf file in the appropriate section. hope that helps.

dannyboy374 · 05-25-2006, 11:24 PM

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Originally Posted by nadroj

to use the vesa driver instead of whatever driver your using now edit the /etc/X11/xorg.conf file in the appropriate section. hope that helps.

how do i edit that from the command prompt? i'll try a few things but i'm running blind here

nadroj · 05-25-2006, 11:30 PM

use the 'vi' editor, ie 'vi /etc/X11/xorg.conf' make sure you run the command as root so you have permission to save the changes. search online for a BRIEF intro to vi (as it can be a VERY diverse editor) just look into how to save, edit, and navigate a text file while editing.
the section your looking for is under 'display' i think, the line your looking to edit would have something like this: Option "Driver" "drivername" change "drivername" to "vesa"

phoenix49 · 05-25-2006, 11:36 PM

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Originally Posted by dannyboy374

how do i edit that from the command prompt? i'll try a few things but i'm running blind here

There's also should be xorg configurator which launches from terminal and opens up graphical configurator, xorgconf, or system-config-screen (or something in this case), just type system-config and press <tab> several times to see the ending of command

dannyboy374 · 05-26-2006, 12:02 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by nadroj

use the 'vi' editor, ie 'vi /etc/X11/xorg.conf' make sure you run the command as root so you have permission to save the changes. search online for a BRIEF intro to vi (as it can be a VERY diverse editor) just look into how to save, edit, and navigate a text file while editing.
the section your looking for is under 'display' i think, the line your looking to edit would have something like this: Option "Driver" "drivername" change "drivername" to "vesa"

everytime i open that file with vi i get the impression that it's creating a new file, it's not opening up the xorg.conf file.

dannyboy374 · 05-26-2006, 11:35 AM

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Originally Posted by nadroj

use the 'vi' editor, ie 'vi /etc/X11/xorg.conf' make sure you run the command as root so you have permission to save the changes. search online for a BRIEF intro to vi (as it can be a VERY diverse editor) just look into how to save, edit, and navigate a text file while editing.
the section your looking for is under 'display' i think, the line your looking to edit would have something like this: Option "Driver" "drivername" change "drivername" to "vesa"

well i did figure it out thank you very much for you help, the only thing i had to do different was to navigate my current directory to the /etc, then the /X11, then run 'vi xorg.conf', each time i ran 'vi /etc/X11/xorg.conf, it opened up a new file for me to create in 'vi'. so if you have this same problem, just put yourself in the X11 directory before running 'vi'. thanks

nadroj · 05-26-2006, 11:57 AM

ok good work.. i dont see why it wouldnt open it by specifying the complete path, maybe it was spelt wrong or something.
does the vesa driver work and all is well again?

dannyboy374 · 05-26-2006, 12:26 PM

yeah i spelled it right, tried it a dozen times to make sure, navigating to the x11 directory fixed my problem though, and the vesa driver works just fine. but now when i try to get on the internet, it finds the page then just sits there, i look at my nic card and the green light is solid, even if i unplug the cable, any ideas on this one?