F8 - Graphical install works, X won't come up afterwards

[KeithLM]

I've just built a new system with an Intel G33 motherboard with integrated graphics. I've tried F7, both i386 and x86_64, as well as 7.92 x86_64 and Ubuntu 7.10 x86_64. All of those installed fine and got X configured straight off. Now I've installed F8 and it gave me the full graphical installation procedure, but once I reboot X server fails to start. It seems to have an issue with the framebuffer from what I can see in the error message. It asks in the log "Is your VideoRAM set too" and the rest is cut off on the screen.

I'm just blown away that this would fail after all the others worked 100%. How do I go about configuring this? Unfortunately I don't know of a text based editor that's installed that I know how to use. I'll have to keep searching. And I don't know of a command line utility that updates packages like apt-get does. I'm kind of stumbling around in the dark here since it's failed so miserably this time.

[KeithLM]

Well I've copied most of xorg.conf from another system that I use the same monitor, keyboard and mouse on, and that hasn't helped. Incredibly GRUB gives me a graphical display, but not X.

I can only assume at this point that it is some issue with the driver for the video card, but as I mentioned before, Fedora 7 and Ubuntu worked without a hitch. Why would it not work here?

[Acesabe]

Well I've copied most of xorg.conf from another system that I use the same monitor, keyboard and mouse on, and that hasn't helped. Incredibly GRUB gives me a graphical display, but not X.

I can only assume at this point that it is some issue with the driver for the video card, but as I mentioned before, Fedora 7 and Ubuntu worked without a hitch. Why would it not work here?

Just done a fresh install FC8 on Toshiba Satellite Pro M40 (Ati Radeon XPress 200m / 1280x800 screen)
All seemed to go fine - but after reboot complete with what appears to be an X server during boot, X then blanks out the screen without even the option to use a VT. Appending vga=791 at Grub boot at least gave me command line where I got the "Cannot run in framebuffer mode" error giving some clue.

Tried system-config-display - this just takes me back to dead display.

Must say after extended searches, I can find little info on how to resolve this issue, an issue that is absent in all other distros (apart from the x'buntu's) - pretty disappointing!

[Iron_Mike]

What happens when you type:

startx

from the CLI?

[Acesabe]

What happens when you type:

startx

from the CLI?

Back to square one.

But I have made some progress - now have graphical login/GDM working by installing/enabling the fglrx drivers as outlined here:

http://www.fedoraforum.org/forum/showthread.php?t=155503

Although this hasn't actually done the job as the output of fglrxinfo is Mesa GLX Indirect
...so I am trawling through the thread for clues, I know this gpu works with the latest fglrx (I wonder if the livna driver installed is the latest?) - as I have it working fully in Dreamlinux (though not without a fight!!) - fgl_glxgears shows the 3D gears display nicely, so....

Anyway - what I have done is not a solution to the original problem, but a workaround to a bug as far as I see it...

Will continue to get the fglrx drivers installed and post any updates to the relevant thread.