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11-06-2006, 07:32 PM
Ok, having this problem after installing Fedora Core 6, but it has been around since 5. You can find a reference on some of my other posts, some other members have said they had the same problem.
I have bought some books and been reading them, 1 reason for not being around lately, I have narrowed the problem down quite a bit with the help of the books but I now have this one and I cannot find an explanation.
Bare with me, I am going to give a full account of what has happen because it might be relevant, and some might relate to the problem and get some use out of it.
It starts from the installation, when it initiates in the text mode and I run a scan on the disk and it comes back saying the DVD it good for installation, I proceed. It says ANACONDA can not detect my videos card or monitor so it proceed anyways in text mode. It completes the installation and reboots. When it reboots it starts up as usual with no errors or failures. It prompts me for as user name and password in terminal more, or none GUI mode, which make sense, the installation could not detect my video card. I enter user name "root", and the root password since I have not established any user as yet.
At this point if anyone who is reading this and is having the same problem, like some have mentioned in the past, this is what you should do:
I enter at the prompt, as the root user:
# startx
To force the OS to start the X Window (the GUI). The screen goes black, and there is no sign of activity. So I hit backspace while holding the CTRL and the ALT down to exit.
So next I typed:
# Xorg -configure //This creates the xorg.conf.new file in the /root directory.
# X -xf86config /root/xorg.conf.new //This tries to start your GUI with the new config file.
If you see an "X" where the mouse cursor should be, it worked. Hit the backspace while holding the CTRL and the ALT down to exit.
Cope the new config file to the X11 folder.
# cp /root/xorg.conf.new /etc/X11/xorg.conf
# startx //the start X Window with the new config file, and voila you have a desktop.
Now if you want the GUI to start next time you start up your machine you have to edit the "prefdm" script in the /etc/inittab file. Look for:
id:3:initdefault:
If there is a "3" there it mean it starts in text-based login, you want to change it to "5" for the GUI.
Now this is where my problem begins. After doing all that I want to set up the video card and monitor, so I enter in the terminal as SU:
# system-config-display
Which does not work obviously, I get:
# system_config-display
File "/usr/share/system-config-display/xconf.py", line 388, in ?
if xconfigpath and not output_file_specified:
NameError: name 'xconfigpath' is not define
I open the xconf.py file and get this at line 388:
...
if xconfigpath and not output_file_specified:
output_file = xconfigpath
if output_file == "/etc/X11/XF86Config-4":
output_file = "/etc/X11/xorg.conf"
...
So after all that the question is, how do I define the xconfigpath and/or where do I direct the output_file to? Is there anything else I need to do to get this working properly? As I go through the Administration panel I get a few glitches but I think they are all related to this problem.
Could someone be so kind as to shed some light on all this.
I appreciate it, thanks.
I have bought some books and been reading them, 1 reason for not being around lately, I have narrowed the problem down quite a bit with the help of the books but I now have this one and I cannot find an explanation.
Bare with me, I am going to give a full account of what has happen because it might be relevant, and some might relate to the problem and get some use out of it.
It starts from the installation, when it initiates in the text mode and I run a scan on the disk and it comes back saying the DVD it good for installation, I proceed. It says ANACONDA can not detect my videos card or monitor so it proceed anyways in text mode. It completes the installation and reboots. When it reboots it starts up as usual with no errors or failures. It prompts me for as user name and password in terminal more, or none GUI mode, which make sense, the installation could not detect my video card. I enter user name "root", and the root password since I have not established any user as yet.
At this point if anyone who is reading this and is having the same problem, like some have mentioned in the past, this is what you should do:
I enter at the prompt, as the root user:
# startx
To force the OS to start the X Window (the GUI). The screen goes black, and there is no sign of activity. So I hit backspace while holding the CTRL and the ALT down to exit.
So next I typed:
# Xorg -configure //This creates the xorg.conf.new file in the /root directory.
# X -xf86config /root/xorg.conf.new //This tries to start your GUI with the new config file.
If you see an "X" where the mouse cursor should be, it worked. Hit the backspace while holding the CTRL and the ALT down to exit.
Cope the new config file to the X11 folder.
# cp /root/xorg.conf.new /etc/X11/xorg.conf
# startx //the start X Window with the new config file, and voila you have a desktop.
Now if you want the GUI to start next time you start up your machine you have to edit the "prefdm" script in the /etc/inittab file. Look for:
id:3:initdefault:
If there is a "3" there it mean it starts in text-based login, you want to change it to "5" for the GUI.
Now this is where my problem begins. After doing all that I want to set up the video card and monitor, so I enter in the terminal as SU:
# system-config-display
Which does not work obviously, I get:
# system_config-display
File "/usr/share/system-config-display/xconf.py", line 388, in ?
if xconfigpath and not output_file_specified:
NameError: name 'xconfigpath' is not define
I open the xconf.py file and get this at line 388:
...
if xconfigpath and not output_file_specified:
output_file = xconfigpath
if output_file == "/etc/X11/XF86Config-4":
output_file = "/etc/X11/xorg.conf"
...
So after all that the question is, how do I define the xconfigpath and/or where do I direct the output_file to? Is there anything else I need to do to get this working properly? As I go through the Administration panel I get a few glitches but I think they are all related to this problem.
Could someone be so kind as to shed some light on all this.
I appreciate it, thanks.