Fedora installed and runs in text mode.

[Ubi]

It seems I had no say in the matter. The installer automatically did text mode and it starts up in text mode now. I'm very new to Fedora, though I had Ubuntu installed recently but removed it because Fedora seemed a little more interesting to me. I guess this wasn't the kind of interesting I was looking for.

I'm on an HP Pavilion dv2807nr laptop if that helps.

[observer]

try running this
init 5

[Ubi]

Some things went by and said OK in green, the screen flickered like it was having a seizure, and then it just returned to the state it was in. I could put in more commands and I saw something about init 3 online but that did nothing also.

[marcrblevins]

Please reboot you rig. I hope your /etc/inittab file is set to 3, not 5 at the end of the file.
Now you are at the prompt, login as root.
If you didn't create a new user, then use adduser.

adduser -m jon
passwd jon

Then:

su - jon
startx

What does startx spits out?

[JohnVV]

Ubi if you would post your computer specs we might be able to help
What is your 3d card ( ati or nvidia ) and model number
Or is it a built in pseudo 3d chipset
the 3d card not being reconised is the main reason for the installer defaulting to a text install

I saw something about init 3 online but that did nothing also

that command WILL NOT WORK in this situation . It takes you OUT OF THE GUI and into TEXT
you could try this ( most likely will not work )
from the text only terminal type in

su -
( then your root password when asked )
nano /etc/inittab

and edit the last line to read

id:5:initdefault:

by changing the 3 to a 5
hit " ctrl+ o " to save and " ctlr + x " to quit
then type in

reboot

----------- edit ---------------
marcrblevins and i were typing at the same time
do his FIRST

[Ubi]

Originally Posted by marcrblevins

Please reboot you rig. I hope your /etc/inittab file is set to 3, not 5 at the end of the file.
Now you are at the prompt, login as root.
If you didn't create a new user, then use adduser.

adduser -m jon
passwd jon

Then:

su - jon
startx

What does startx spits out?

I followed these instructions and got a lot back but I was able to right down the most intruiging parts to me which were:

Fatal sever error:
no screens found

*then it held for a moment*

giving up

[JohnVV]

i repeat my self

Ubi if you would post your computer specs we might be able to help
What is your 3d card ( ati or nvidia ) and model number
Or is it a built in pseudo 3d chipset
the 3d card not being reconised is the main reason for the installer defaulting to a text install

WHAT is your 3d card and is this a desktop or laptop?

[Ubi]

Originally Posted by JohnVV

i repeat my self

WHAT is your 3d card and is this a desktop or laptop?

oh sorry, it's an Nvidia GeForce 7150M

[Ubi]

Originally Posted by JohnVV

Ubi if you would post your computer specs we might be able to help
What is your 3d card ( ati or nvidia ) and model number
Or is it a built in pseudo 3d chipset
the 3d card not being reconised is the main reason for the installer defaulting to a text install

that command WILL NOT WORK in this situation . It takes you OUT OF THE GUI and into TEXT
you could try this ( most likely will not work )
from the text only terminal type in

su -
( then your root password when asked )
nano /etc/inittab

and edit the last line to read

id:5:initdefault:

by changing the 3 to a 5
hit " ctrl+ o " to save and " ctlr + x " to quit
then type in

reboot

----------- edit ---------------
marcrblevins and i were typing at the same time
do his FIRST

I followed these instructions. Before the edit the value was set to 3 so I changed it to 5 like you said, but after I saved, quit, and reboot it just hangs there now, black screen with a grey _ sitting there for me to type whatever but nothing I type and enter does anything.

[JohnVV]

boot with the install dvd and in the very first window ( the on screen instructions ) have you hit the f5 button then you type in
rescue
thea will bring up some dialog windows and the last one has you type in
chroot /mnt/sysimage
after that repeat

nano /etc/inittab

and change the 5 back to a 3
after you change the 5 to a 3 reboot

from this

Nvidia GeForce 7150M

I take it that this is a laptop .
if all you have is wireless for this ( laptop?) did the network screen ( from above ) connect in the rescue mode .If it did then you might be able to run a update?

back into the text you have been getting and see if you can run a update

su -
yum update

if you can, then this Might? fix things . If not it did not mess things up farther .

[Ubi]

Well I recovered the system fine, but while in the rescue mode, trying to update just gave me an error. However, I ran the update command you gave me after booting back to text mode again without the disc and now fedora is updating 759 items! hopefully this will do the trick. I'll let you know of my results and thank you for all of your help so far!

[Ubi]

Well apparently Fedora got a ton of updates but nothing to help my problem I tried init 5 which didn't work, and startx gave me back the same "no screens" error. Now what?

By the way this may be late to mention but I installed off of the Fedora Core 10 DVD... if that changes anything...

[marcrblevins]

Change your /etc/X11/xorg.conf.

Look for:
Section "Device"
Identifier "Videocard0"
Driver "nv"
VideoRam 65536
EndSection

Have your Driver set to nv.
Reboot your rig.

If that doesn't work, then:

mv /etc/X11/xorg.conf /etc/X11/xorg.conf.backup

[Ubi]

I tried both of the above but what I've come to realize is that for whatever reason, "xorg.conf" doesn't even exist.

[Ubi]

Maybe I should just do a fresh install? Is there any way to get the installer to recognize my graphics card?