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I installed Red-hat 5.3
problem is that it is not showing graphical interface. only kernel / command prompt is available.
I tried startx, then I got this msg
No video BIOS modes for chosen depth
also showing that
ERROR: Failed to start X server.
What should I do?
Chankey Pathak
Posted 2010-03-07T13:16:39.123
Reputation: 215
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The problem has been solved. Actually at the installation time it asks whether you want to install a basic server or want to include desktop and some other features. By default the BASIC SERVER option is marked and hence it doesn't include the graphical interface. I reinstalled with the Desktop option and it worked fine.
Chankey Pathak
Posted 2010-03-07T13:16:39.123
Reputation: 215
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It's telling you that it cannot setup your video card for the resolution you've chosen. I would try running system-config-display as root, and failing that, I would go to IRC (Freenode) and lookup #redhat, explain the problem and let them talk you through the resolution.
Richard June
Posted 2010-03-07T13:16:39.123
Reputation: 787
I tried system-config-display ... Couldn't start X server with old config. Trying with fresh config...then it waits for some time and after that it shows..
Failed to start X server. – Chankey Pathak – 2010-03-07T16:12:49.063
Then head over to #redhat on freenode and talk to them, it's realtime and they're exceedingly helpful. – Richard June – 2010-03-07T16:27:46.670
Someone told me that Redhat doesn't work on Mercury's motherboards. Is it true? I have installed fedora 11 now and its working fine. – Chankey Pathak – 2010-03-09T14:28:08.373
No clue, I've never tried one of Mercury's motherboards. Nor have I heard of any problems, though that's hardly definative. If fedora works, I would be inclined to believe that RH/CentOS 5.4 would work. – Richard June – 2010-03-09T15:26:48.600