hi guys,
I have noticed that many people are having trouble installing fc6 on a desktop with nVIDIA pci graphics card. I had the same problem. Here is the solution to a clean regular install of FC6 on ur comp(with nVIDIA pci graphics card of course).
First of all, let me make a list of the problems
1) The screen goes blank after darwin loader shows up.
2) Cannot install in graphics mode.(Text mode is always there)
3) cannot start xserver automatically.
4) Changing default screen resolutions.
I will tell you step by step procedure as to how i installed fc6 successfully.
Step 1:
Install FC6 in textual mode. You can fix the display settings later-on. Well,all the installation options and configurations are the same as in graphics mode. Only difference is that you have to specify the partition names manually if you wish to manually partition.
Step2:
After installation, start fc6 in textual mode.(editing kernel parameters of the fc6 loader to this.
kernel /vmlinuz-2.6.18-1.2849.fc6 ro root=LABEL=/ rhgb quiet 3
Login in as a root. Install the nVIDIA graphics card drivers as shown
here.Step3:
Once the drivers are installed , reboot. Boot into command prompt only. Login as root.
Now you might have to edit xorg.conf file which is located in /etc/X11 directory.
vim /etc/X11/xorg.conf
Edit the file so that the screen section contains the following code.
SubSection "Display"
Viewport 0 0
Depth 24
Modes "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
EndSubSection
The values of the modes have to be the same. Once this is done ,take a deep breath.
Step4 :
Now, you will have to edit inittab. Type vim /etc/inittab and edit the file so that it resembles the below screenshot.
[norm@verona3 ~]$ cat /etc/inittab
#
# inittab This file describes how the INIT process should set up
# the system in a certain run-level.
#
# Author: Miquel van Smoorenburg,
# Modified for RHS Linux by Marc Ewing and Donnie Barnes
#
# Default runlevel. The runlevels used by RHS are:
# 0 - halt (Do NOT set initdefault to this)
# 1 - Single user mode
# 2 - Multiuser, without NFS (The same as 3, if you do not have networking)
# 3 - Full multiuser mode
# 4 - unused # 5 - X11
# 6 - reboot (Do NOT set initdefault to this)
#
id:5:initdefault:
# System initialization.
si::sysinit:/etc/rc.d/rc.sysinit
--trimed---
Note that, id:5:initdefault is what decides how your system should boot. The above settings indicate that your desktop should boot into X11 automatically.
(Those who are still wondering what X11 is, its the package that contains the necessary drivers to load your graphicd card device.
Thats it guys.. Now your fc6 should boot up normally.
Step5:
Your screen resolution doesn't go beyond 1024x768 even though your monitor supports it??? well here is a tweak ( which you will laugh at once you have finished doing it!!!!)
At command prompt,type the following.
sudo
system-config-display
There you have to go to select your monitor make and wooof! you can change your screen res to max supported by ur monitor. It will require a reboot tho ( or jus logout n re login is suffice!!!)
Ok guys, i think that should do the trick.. All the best... Feelin hungry! so got to go!!! adios..
