Bug 239174 - PC monitor shows blank screen & ""CANNOT DISPLAY THIS VIDEO MODE, CHANGE COMPUTER DISPLAY INPUT TO 1024X768@60Hz".
Summary: PC monitor shows blank screen & ""CANNOT DISPLAY THIS VIDEO MODE, CHANGE COMP...
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Status: CLOSED DUPLICATE of bug 239173
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Product: Fedora
Classification: Fedora
Component: anaconda
Version: 6
Hardware: x86_64
OS: Linux
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Reported: 2007-05-05 15:52 UTC by j
Modified: 2007-11-30 22:12 UTC (History)
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Last Closed: 2007-05-07 15:59:32 UTC
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Description j 2007-05-05 15:52:34 UTC
Description of problem:

I have no prior experience in Linux. 

I am using HP XW4400 Workstation, graphic card is Nvidia Quadro550 (PCIe card). 
I am trying to install Linux OS. 

I installed DISC 1~3 of FC6 ISO image files, as per instructed. Everything went 
smoothly. The next step is to "reboot". During this reboot phase, the GNU GRUB 
version 0.97 was executing the system checks. I could see "Starting udev", 
before the LCD monitor went blank and showed me this error message - "CANNOT 
DISPLAY THIS VIDEO MODE, CHANGE COMPUTER DISPLAY INPUT TO 1024X768@60Hz". 

I hardware reset my PC. At the GRUB page, I added "3" at the end of this line 
as follows:
grub edit> kernel /vmlinuz-2.6.18-1.2798.fc6 ro root=LABEL=/ rhgb quite 3

Then I boot my PC. the system check shows more details now. then it reaches the 
command line - localhost login & password; which i entered my password.

At [root@localhost ~]#, I entered "init 3" - this brought me to the Setup Agent 
text page. 

Then I returned to [root@localhost ~]#, I entered "init 5" , it shows me blank 
screen with the same error message "- "CANNOT DISPLAY THIS VIDEO MODE, CHANGE 
COMPUTER DISPLAY INPUT TO 1024X768@60Hz". 

I was told that it could be videocard compatibility issue. I tried with more 
than 1 LCD & CRT PC monitor.

I read the HP & Nvidia websites but I could not find a solution. I downloaded a 
HP Driver for Linux ISO image file and Graphic Driver Update file (nvidia-9746-
1.0.i386.rpm), but I do not know how to use them.

WOuld you guys kindly advise me how I should resolve this problem? Looking 
forward to your good advice as I have to setup Linux platform to support my 
Mass storage requirement for my customer.




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Comment 1 Chris Lumens 2007-05-07 15:59:32 UTC

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 239173 ***


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