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Old 10-02-2008, 12:28 PM   #1
vidurinda
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Unhappy BENQ A53 Joybook- boot fail after install


dear friends,
I have installed fedora 9 on my benq joybook A53 laptop.after installation complete it rebooted to the grub menu to select kernal to boot, when I select a kernal it goes to a blank screen and cannot go futher. i tried with rebooted it from linux rescue mode from the dvd and edited xorg.conf file and rebooted in normal mode again, then it booted in to the X windows system with nomal reselution. after i configure all thing and rebooted again it became to the blank again.then I need to reconfigure xorg.conf again with the linux rescue mode. can some one help me to fix this problem please.

many thanks
vidurinda

laptop config like this

dual core 1.6GHz
1GB Ram,
120GB HDD
SiS 771/671 Graphic card
 
Old 10-04-2008, 11:08 AM   #2
amani
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Can you provide more info about your graphics card?

Edit /etc/X11/xorg.conf in the proper way:

1. The 'driver' line in the device section should be correct

2. Get the correct horizontal and vertical freq for your monitor.

3. Try to use modelines to restrict probing
 
  


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