I installed the latest release of Fedora Core obtained from the RedHat site, a set of 4 cds. The install went smoothly and I set up a dual boot system so I could start the machine on Windows XP or Linux. However, when I booted on Linux, it didn't start the X server, and complained about the XF86Config file. Here's the message I got regarding the "Keyboard" section of the file-

"Meta is not a valid keyword in this section"
(EE) Problem parsing the config file
(EE) Error parsing the config file
Fatal server error
no screens found


I looked at the relevant line(s) in the XF86Config file. They are as follows-

LeftAlt Meta
RightAlt Meta
ScrollLock Compose
RightCtl Control

So right now I have no gui, only command line... not a good situation. No Internet etc. etc.


Any help will be appreciated.


P.S. I am a newbie.

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Is your video card driver listed properly? Could you post the complete file? Which video card do you have?

BTW I don't think it's about your keyboard. It sounds more like your video card needs to be configured or the driver corrected in the file,

Fixed the problem. I initially tried commenting out the offending lines from the XF86Config file, but that didn't work. It just complained about a later line. So I essentially removed the file (renamed it). Now it all works.