Help plz>.< video card issue

[Shadowofleaf]

So i went to install fedora 13 but when it goes to boot into it my monitor goes to sleep and does not wake up? i know that's very vague if you need anymore info than that let me know.
thank you!

[NomadRetsif]

it sounds like it may be a problem with your video card setup, perhaps it is not being detected properly or it is auto detecting you monitor settings improperly. Were you able to install Fedora or did you lose your display before that?

[Shadowofleaf]

it sounds like it may be a problem with your video card setup, perhaps it is not being detected properly or it is auto detecting you monitor settings improperly. Were you able to install Fedora or did you lose your display before that?

I lost display completely,

[NomadRetsif]

when you boot your computer do you see the BIOS splash screen?

[Shadowofleaf]

when you boot your computer do you see the BIOS splash screen?

i see boot verify and boot.. etc.. but if i click on boot or veryfy and boot it just goes to sleep.

[GallComp]

How old is your computer?
Brand?
CPU?
Memory?
Video Card?
HD space?

Those are simple pieces of information that can help others understand your problem. One vague sentence won't get you help around here...

[NomadRetsif]

Try the following:

When you are at the boot options screen, press the esc key.

This will change the screen from a graphical menu selection to a terminal session. The screen will look like this:

boot:

type:

linux text

and you will then enter the plain text installer. It is not as pretty as the graphical installer, but it will get the job done. Like I said earlier, if your problem is related to the detected settings for either your monitor or graphics card; you may end up completing the install successfully, only to find you do not boot to a graphical display, but to a plain text terminal. Your problems can be fixed from there, but if you are unfamiliar with basic linux commands or terminal based text editors such as Vi, it will be very challenging for you.

Should you choose to install through the plain text method, you will want to make sure you know some technical specifications of both your monitor and video card before continuing. It is entirely possible that your problem is only with the graphical installer, but it would be helpful to know what chipset of the video card is and the supported resolution and vertical refresh rate of your monitor is in case the problem runs deeper than that.

[Shadowofleaf]

Try the following:

When you are at the boot options screen, press the esc key.

This will change the screen from a graphical menu selection to a terminal session. The screen will look like this:

boot:

type:

linux text

and you will then enter the plain text installer. It is not as pretty as the graphical installer, but it will get the job done. Like I said earlier, if your problem is related to the detected settings for either your monitor or graphics card; you may end up completing the install successfully, only to find you do not boot to a graphical display, but to a plain text terminal. Your problems can be fixed from there, but if you are unfamiliar with basic linux commands or terminal based text editors such as Vi, it will be very challenging for you.

Should you choose to install through the plain text method, you will want to make sure you know some technical specifications of both your monitor and video card before continuing. It is entirely possible that your problem is only with the graphical installer, but it would be helpful to know what chipset of the video card is and the supported resolution and vertical refresh rate of your monitor is in case the problem runs deeper than that.

i used system spec, if u need to no more lemem no its in the attachment, and the txt thing didnt work

[NomadRetsif]

I've reviewed your specifications, and in general you should have no problems running linux on your system. I have only been able to come up with two possible problems based on your configuration.

The first is the graphics chipset you have in your computer uses a shared memory structure. You will want to go into your BIOS and make sure the amount of RAM it is set to use is 128MB or higher. If you do not have enough RAM available to the video card you will not be able to use the graphical installer. However, if that was the case, Fedora's installer is "smart enough" to drop you to a text based installer.

The second, and more probable cause, is your monitor. If you are using an older CRT monitor you may be running into a problem with the detected vertical refresh rate or the detected resolution of your monitor. If this is the case then the problems you are describing make sense. One way to test this theory is to try the installation using a different monitor. I understand this may not be possible for all people, so if your resources are limited, the only other option is a text based install like I pointed to earlier.

I am including a link to the official fedora installation documentation, it has good instructions about how to perform a text based installation in a case such as yours.

Other than that, the only other council I can give you is to try to install one of the 32-Bit images rather than the 64 bit one. You may also want to give ubuntu a try, they have great hardware detection routines and may be able to get you operational with Linux faster.


Good luck, and hope this helps.

http://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/Fedora/13/html/Installation_Guide/ch-guimode-x86.html#id828441