FC 17 has only splash screen

[benjie1]

New install of FC17, 32 bit Gnome desktop. After apparently good install. all I have is the splash screen w fireworks on the right and stars on the left. No mouse, no keyboard, and no icons either. Help please. Tks Bob

[george_toolan]

That's no splash screen that's the gnome background picture ;-)

What kind of netbook or graphics chip do you have?

Can you try to hook up another external monitor?

Sometimes the primary screen is configured for another monitor for no apparent reason.

[benjie1]

It's a Dell PC Inspiron about a year and a half old. Can't tell about the graphics card except that it has whatever Dell put in them. No difference with another monitor. And the current monitor (Acer H233) works fine with Ubuntu (v12.04), and Win 7 as well as openSuse (v 12.1). Sorry I haven't been much help with details. Bob

Originally Posted by benjie1

It's a Dell PC Inspiron about a year and a half old. Can't tell about the graphics card except that it has whatever Dell put in them. No difference with another monitor. And the current monitor (Acer H233) works fine with Ubuntu (v12.04), and Win 7 as well as openSuse (v 12.1). Sorry I haven't been much help with details. Bob

That's an understatement

http://forums.fedoraforum.org/showthread.php?t=259252


Post the output for this command

lspci -v

Hopefully someone else can help as I don't help noobs , it pisses me off too much.

[benjie1]

I can't get the terminal window up. No keyboard, mouse or icons. Just the gnome startup screen Tried CTL + Alt+T to get terminal but that soes nothing too .Whole keyboard is dead I guess along with mouse.

[benjie1]

Tried again to get a terminal window or mouse activity but no luck at all. Just have the gnome screen that shows after installation. Unable to enter the code above lspci -v because the screen is non-functional. Should I wait til the final release is out and start over? Bob

[DBelton]

What happens if you hit Ctrl-Alt-F2

That should bring up a console screen, there you can sign in as root and run the lspci -v command

[benjie1]

CTL + ALT + F2 opened a console screen. Ran the lspci -v command and got about 3 or 4 screens full of output which flashed by very fast. It stopped at the login again. New to this and have no clue as to how to send all that output to you. Any more suggestions? Bob

[DBelton]

easy way..

lspci -v > lspci.txt

Then copy lspci.txt over to where you can access it from Windows (since it appears you are using Windows to get on here)

You can then either copy/paste it here, or attach it as a txt file.

[benjie1]

Yes I'm in win 7. Not sure I follow. Where do I type the lspci -v >lspci.txt. I assume I have to do that in Fedora but how can I copy it over to Win and paste it. I have 2 separate HDs. One with win 7 and the other with Fedora. Have to shut down the pc ,remove the drive ,and put in the other one. So not sure how to copy it over. Thanks for the help. Bob

[DBelton]

Do you have a flash drive? Or even a floppy drive? Either could be used to copy a small file between operating systems.

Or, Just run

lspci -v | grep VGA

That should tell you what video adapter is in there. You can easily write that down, or remember it.

[benjie1]

Output from lspci -v |grep VGA Compatible Controller: Intel Corporation 4 Series Chipset Integrated Graphics Controller (rev 03) (prog if 00 [VGA controller]) Bob

[benjie1]

Any more suggestions as to what I can do to get past the gnome screen in FC 17. Output to lspci -v |grep VGA is posted here. Haven't heard any more. Hope it can be fixed. Thanks guys.

Bob

Try

su
yum erase gnome-shell

and see if you get a login screen

[Skull One]

No mouse and no keyboard?
Please, report here the log file '/var/log/Xorg.0.log' to check for error messages.