[CALUG] Dual boot/install problems

[Russ]

I think you helped me realize my problem.  I have had this same version on
the system before, and it ran fine.  I screwed up and set the wrong video
card probably.  How can I check and reset that?  And what would you
recommend instead of the RH9?  I happen to have copies of Slackware 10.1,
and a copy of Ubuntu that is very new.  

ty Russ


On Wed, 6 Sep 2006, Hugh Brown wrote:

> On 9/6/06, Russ <rmain at polaris.umuc.edu> wrote:
> >
> > Hello,
> >
> > I'm taking a security class this semester and I'm dual booting RH9 and
> > Windows Server 2k3.  The machine is a PII 333 MHZ 356M RAM HDD's are 8G
> > and 3G.  I have the 3G partitioned as NTFS,  The 8G has a 500M NTFS.  The
> > Linux partition is on the remainder of the 8G drive.  The root directory
> > is ~5250M, hone is 1600M and 256 swap.  The hone and root are ext3.
> > Everything seems to start fine but RH9 only boots to the local host screen
> > and does not start the RH9 login gui.  Windows boots to Server 2K3.  I'm
> > fairly new to Linux, so bare with me.  I ran 'telinit 0' to shut down and
> > then restarted.  I logged in to the local host and tried to run 'startx'
> > the system output mentioned that I shoud report problems to XFree86. org.
> > Also, what should I look for in the Xfree86.0.log file.  I'll try and send
> > a copy of that file if I dont become everwhelmed with the two classes I'm
> > tkaing.
> >
> > ty
> >
> > Russ Main
> 
> 
> 
> X either hasn't been configured or it was configured incorrectly or your
> video card isn't supported.
> 
> lspci | grep VGA
> 
> will give you a hint toward what your video card is (you could also use
> win2k3's device manager to get an idea too).  from there you'd check to make
> sure your video card is supported (web search/looking over the XFree86
> website).
> 
> you have also chosen a linux distribution that went End of Life in Apr/May
> 2004.  If this is for a security class, then you're fighting an uphill
> battle because you can't easily patch your RH9 system (there are ~2.5 years
> of security issues that will need to be addressed, I don't think the Fedora
> Legacy project has been able to keep up with all of them).
> 
> Hugh
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Sincerely,

Russ Main