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OK, your problem is that the Intel driver (from Intel, released to open-source) does not properly read the ECID information for 22" screens in HP systems. (For what it's worth, my HP system dual-boots Vista/Fedora, and both systems come up "black-screen" if the newer Intel drivers are used. The out-of-the-box Intel driver worked with Vista, so I disabled the MS automatic driver update.) The problem is compounded by the Fedora decision to install the video driver during the initial RAM disk process. (You can disable that by running mkinitrd with only the standard options.) But, until you do that, you'll see no output before the X-server processes xorg.conf. (The Fedora default uses the X-server default, which uses the improperly parsed ECID information.)
Anyhow, if you don't need to see the start-up messages, you can get the X-server to display properly with a modified xorg.conf file. The modification I use is this one (where the changes I needed to make are in red):
So your FC12 kernel seems to have been compiled without this module.
You could re-enable this module in your kernel config, and recompile the kernel. But I think there is there is something wrong with your choice of distro's installation process.
OK, your problem is that the Intel driver (from Intel, released to open-source) does not properly read the ECID information for 22" screens in HP systems.
He has a 17" monitor.
Do you mean "EDID" information" ?
It seems to be read correctly ( from the OP's post of the log at post #3 )
- picked up a new kernel source
- unzipped it in a folder
- did "make menuconfig"
- saved the config
- did "make"
- did "make_modules"
- did "make install_modules" (after login as root & navigating to the folder)
- did "make install"
- checked the grub and removed the "hidemenu", also gave it 5 seconds timeout
- booted the system & removed the xorg.conf
- did a startx
The system is up and running, it boots a weeeee bit slower and completely silent (black screen @ boot) - I may have to get used to that :-) - the splash is animated, the login works. Now to set the thing in init 5 - in the inittab..but this I know.
Thanks for the pointers! Everything pointed to "the spot marked with X" - forgive the pun...but I am exhalted...
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