mightymulatto Posted September 12, 2006 Report Share Posted September 12, 2006 (edited) Hey guys! I'm calling on your vast knowledge again for help. Forgive me for not having specifics. I recently upgraded my Old ATI video card for a new one. The old one was an AGP interface and my new one is PCI. The system will produce basic video during post, go to the boot loader and began to load mandriva. The system then reboots and never makes it to KDE. I've read several posts already and none seem to mention this particular symptom. The card is an ATI 9000 series. I can get specific later if required. Any thoughts? There are several courses of action that is suggested in similar forums. Should I reinstall my old video card to get drivers and then reinstall the new card? Edited September 12, 2006 by mightymulatto Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ianw1974 Posted September 12, 2006 Report Share Posted September 12, 2006 You should just be able to choose "failsafe" from the list of options on the lilo boot menu. Then, when booted login where necessary as root, and then edit /etc/inittab. Change this line: id:5:initdefault: to: id:3:initdefault: the key thing being changing the "5" to "3". Then reboot. Now, your system will start, but without X loaded. Now, login to the system again, as root and then go into mcc by typing: mcc and then choose the display option and configure your new video card. Then once done, log out, and login as your normal user. At the prompt, then type: startx to see if X starts working again. If it does, press CTRL-ALT-BACKSPACE to shut it down, and then edit the file again changing the "3" to a "5" and you should be back in business. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mightymulatto Posted September 13, 2006 Author Report Share Posted September 13, 2006 I did log in with su and navigated to the /ect folder but did not find an initdefault file to edit. Is it hidden? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daniewicz Posted September 13, 2006 Report Share Posted September 13, 2006 edit the file /etc/inittab Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mightymulatto Posted September 13, 2006 Author Report Share Posted September 13, 2006 edit the file /etc/inittab Got you. So far I did use the mcc. It appears to be a rehash of what the installer went through when i first installed mandriva. BTW the card is a Radeon 9200. I totally did a number on my system causing it not to boot. Anyways I am reinstalling the os again. It's kinda funny that i'm using this card to do that install. LOL!. Anyways to be certain i need to edit inittab. The same modifications suggested earlier? 3 to 5? I did stumble upon emacs text editor. Is it ok to use that one? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mightymulatto Posted September 13, 2006 Author Report Share Posted September 13, 2006 After the install, I navigated to the /ect directory, but no files by either name. ><! Any suggestions? forgive me i did manage to use emacs to change the file and am proceeding to the next step. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mightymulatto Posted September 13, 2006 Author Report Share Posted September 13, 2006 I've made it to the configuration in the mcc. There are 2 kinds Radeon fylrx and fbdev. I'm unsure of which to choose. I went through trial and error. After choosing one the system does detect the card down to the very model. And then givesme various options about "Multiple head configuration." I can use Xinerama extension, configure only card "", independently and configure only card "ATI Radeon 9200 5961 (AGP) (PCI:1:10:0) Does any of this mean that there is another problem? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ianw1974 Posted September 13, 2006 Report Share Posted September 13, 2006 The card should be using fglrx as far as I know. This should also exist as well as fbdev, etc. Anyway, the file /etc/inittab *always* exists, so you probably just didn't find it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scarecrow Posted September 13, 2006 Report Share Posted September 13, 2006 Anyway, the file /etc/inittab *always* exists... ...while the /ect directory rarely does... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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