redhat 7.2 not supporting GUI

archu · 06-30-2003, 11:00 AM

hello friends,

please help me installing redhat 7.2, i did not get my monitor to function properly even though the installation was quite good, it did not show any sort of GUI interfacing, then i would like to mention that , while installing the LINUX 7.2 my monitor did not show a clear picture of the installation window, i dono why.... i thought that was the instalation window, till i saw the similar window in the redhat website, i can't figure out the problem, i previously installed mandrake 9.0 and it was the same case there too, please help me with this thing.

regards,
Archana

david_ross · 06-30-2003, 01:22 PM

What does the screen look like when you start the computer now?
Does pressing "Ctrl+Alt+F1" take you to a console?

archu · 07-01-2003, 01:06 PM

hello friend,

i dont understand what u mean to say when to press ctrl+alt+f1 after booting linux and enetering password, iam very much new to linux and would like u to be more specific and provide me with the step by step details, please , i this regard iam very much eager to solve the problem.

david_ross · 07-01-2003, 01:08 PM

Can you answer my first question:

Quote:

Originally posted by david_ross
What does the screen look like when you start the computer now?

archu · 07-02-2003, 07:41 AM

first i get a screen to boot the os, it is displaying the screen quite good, no problem, after choosing red hat linux os all the processes are being initialised and finally i get # prompt, so i don't know how to start graphical user interface, i installed the linux only in that mode, but nothing fruitful, :-(
i think this might be enough, if any info needed, please ask me and iam terribly in need of some suggesion to solve the problem, thats it!

pilot1 · 07-02-2003, 08:33 AM

If you have a # prompt you can type "startx" to start the GUI.
If it doesn't start, post the errors it gives here.

david_ross · 07-02-2003, 12:23 PM

If you want to boot to a gui at the start then change the number in the initdefault line in /etc/inittab from a 3 to a 5.

archu · 07-03-2003, 12:51 PM

hi friends,

i got answer for ur question pilot 1, i get the error that svga is not configured , then i saw

***a proper device found, but not resolved properly***, i got many errors like svga:1125 X 71125 cancelled and so on, i tried to see and say u the last error i got, it is that i got withing stars*

then here is ur amswer ross,
i tried to set as u said but the thing is it is already set in the way u described, finally i got a message that starting mime and screen was still, so i pressed enter and got into the # prompt

please try to solve my problem