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X Server problem in Redhat 7.3 (fixed it)

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MisterPresident

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edit: I swapped out the CDRom Drive on a hunch, and successfully installed RedHat 7.3. I specified graphical boot, and tested the screen configurations at 800x600, 16 bit. They displayed successfully, so I continued the install and rebooted the machine. Linux loads up, but instead of launching into the Graphical interface, I get a text based login screen. I login as root, and run startx. It comes back with error, no suitable screens found, 0 attempts made, 0 succesful, unable to start X server. How do I boot into the graphical interface, and get X server up and running properly? All the Redhat Getting started guide had was "type startx".

P200MMX
64 MB RAM
4mb S3 (probed as generic)

Thanks in advance, Linux gurus!

edit: it was the video card. First the CDROM then the video card. What is it with this buggy hardware!!
 
Check your bios and be sure that you have it set to "Non Plug & Play OS". This can effect Linux when loading. Good luck.

Calibrator

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Thanks for the tip, tried it, also I tried text mode install, but after it finished copying the image to the hard drive, I got another error message "Could not allocate memory" or something like that. I am really lost here, I think I'll try the install on another system, although that shouldn't make a difference.
 
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