RH Strange Behaviour

[Grant Cullen]

Your post indicated that you relocated the box, no other changes.  That
being true possibly your video card may need to be reseated.

Grant Cullen
JADALL Consulting Ltd.
grant.cullen-rieW9WUcm8FFJ04o6PK0Fg at public.gmane.org
416-706-4447

-----Original Message-----
From: owner-tlug-lxSQFCZeNF4 at public.gmane.org [mailto:owner-tlug at ss.org]On Behalf Of Kareem
Shehata
Sent: Tuesday, October 28, 2003 14:02
To: tlug-lxSQFCZeNF4 at public.gmane.org
Subject: Re: [TLUG]: RH Strange Behaviour


On Tue, 2003-10-28 at 13:06, MERC wrote:
> Hello,
> I hope someone can give me a hand... I've been happily using my RH9
without any problems until two days ago, when I shut it down to relocate the
box.
> Once I restarted the machine, it made this sequence:
> 1. Displays the usual kernel selection screen
> 2. Displays the verbose startup, everything looks ok
> 3. Displays the usual D.O.S.-like window with the login user prompt
> 4. A distorted image appears in the whole window!
> 5. Seems that it knows something went wrong and...
> 6. Returns the sequence to step 3.
>
> It goes endlessly like that...Usually it went through steps 1-3 and in
step 4, the login window would appear.
>
> Any clue on what is happening and how to solve it?

Sounds like X is having issues with your video card.  Have a look at
your X86Config, possibly reduce the default resolution.  Either that or
ctrl-alt-plus or ctrl-alt-minus at the login screen.

Good luck!

Kareem

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