Bug 9619 - X displays black screen
Summary: X displays black screen
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Status: CLOSED WONTFIX
Alias: None
Product: Red Hat Linux
Classification: Retired
Component: installer
Version: 6.2
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
medium
medium
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Matt Wilson
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Blocks:
TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2000-02-21 00:59 UTC by itris
Modified: 2008-05-01 15:37 UTC (History)
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Last Closed: 2000-08-17 22:05:31 UTC
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Description itris 2000-02-21 00:59:47 UTC 
When choosing graphical or expert mode install, when entering X the screen
remains black. This is probably due to display settings the hardware can't
handle. rh 6.1 has it too.

a working XFree setup is:

Section "Monitor"
   Identifier      "MiTAC"
   VendorName      "Mitac"
   ModelName       "5033 T/H"
   HorizSync       31.5-100
   VertRefresh     70-100
   Modeline  "800x600"    69.65 800 864 928 1088 600 604 610 640 -HSync -
vsync
EndSection


system:
amd k6-2 3d 300mhz, 64meg ram
minote laptop
producer: mitac (www.mitac.com)
model 5033T
64 meg ram
video card: trident cyber 9385
Comment 1 Michael Fulbright 2000-02-21 15:28:59 UTC 
Passed to a developer for consideration.

You can do a workaround also by doing a text install.
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