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Rich Lichvar
07-10-2002, 03:41 PM
Just upgraded a system not running X-windows from RH 7.1 to RH 7.3. When I went to run startx I got:

"Vidoe mode not supported"

and, otherwise a blank screen. I had to do a hard shutdown/reboot to get the system back up to command line.

This is on an IBM x300 with a supported chipset (S3 Savage); however, the monitor is an APC shared (multiple machines) 15" flat panel display. (It is actually a Samsung OEM monitor.) Any ideas how I can fix this?

Rich Lichvar
07-10-2002, 03:42 PM
Sorry, it may have been unclear on the upgrade. The 7.1 install was not running X. When I did the upgrade, I added X-windows support.