ok i need some help! I dont know how to do ANYTHING!
i just installed red hat 9 on my machine so now its duel booting. i can get it to do everything fine but im having trouble with my monitor. to install linux i had to be in text mode but one booting it after it checks everything it goes blank. i've read similar problems already and tried their fixes. but the only thing i can really try is the CTRL & ALT & + or - . everything else i dont even begin to know how to do. so if someone could spend a whole lot of time giving me a HUGE crash course that would be appreaciated. i can give out my MSN messanger account out if that would make it easier. just someone help the noob. thank you in advance for anyone willing to help out.

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what graphics card do you have?

GForceFX 5600 the video driver i selected when i first installed was like Nvidia GForce FX (generic) and the monitor took by itself i think cause it did come up and say p780 and i have a dell trinitron p780 so i thought it all looked good

woah! i've been up for like 20+ hours
leave andthing you might think will help
ill get back to everything when i wake up
thanks in advance

i have a geforce card and had the same problem as most people do
goto http://nvidia.com
and download the linux .run file

get the file into linux and type ./filename.run

hopefully it should do it all for you, but theres a chance it will say theres missing files.

well sence you caught me i'll do it. thanks now i wont get to sleep for another couple hours!!

umm how do i get it into linux.

Check this to know how to enter 'single user mode'.From there,edit your /etc/inittab file like this:
Near the top, you will see a section that looks like this:
# Default runlevel. The runlevels used by RHS are:
# 0 - halt (Do NOT set initdefault to this)
# 1 - Single user mode
# 2 - Multiuser, without NFS (The same as 3, if you do not have networking)
# 3 - Full multiuser mode
# 4 - unused
# 5 - X11
# 6 - reboot (Do NOT set initdefault to this)
#
id:5:initdefault:

Change the line:
id:5:initdefault:
to
id:3:initdefault:
and on reboot,you can enter textmode.From there,run check /var/log/XFree.0.log for errors.Also,run xf86config or Xconfigurator/redhat-config-xfree to reconfigure X.
Also,you can install the nvidia driver from there.

I GOT INTO SINGLE USER MODE!! but umm yea im still thinking in DOS i need you guys to tell me the commands to go into folders and to edit files and anything else i should know before i try it again

cd................Change Directory
cp................Copy File(s)
cat...............Print Out A File Onto The Screen
mv................Move File(s)
mkdir.............Make A Directory
locate............Find A File(s)
ed................Editor
vi................Editor
ls -a.............List ALL Files
locate /..........List ALL Files on entire hard drive
rm................Delete
tar...............Untar (like zip) a file
netstat -r........Show all computers connected
pine..............Opens pine, and e-mail system
telnet............Program to connect to other computers
lynx..............Internet browser
who...............Show who you are
kill..............Stop a program
man...............Get help
passwd...........Change password
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use the vi editor for editing etc.i.e.
'vi /etc/inittab'
press ESC and then 'i' to inseart.
edit it.And then save it like
1.ESC
2.:wq
Any doubt:man vi
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