Jim Lawrence
accessd at shaw.ca
Sat Mar 22 10:48:54 CDT 2008
Hi Tina: Sounds like or should I say looks like the video setup was incompatible with your laptop. That was one of the standard problems with older versions of Linux. The newer version should not have issues but I have heard of nothing about Fedora good or bad for years. Is your laptop 32 or 64 bit? Try googling your problem... I am always amazed how much is out there and if you had a problem some else probably did... HTH Jim -----Original Message----- From: dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com [mailto:dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Tina Norris Fields Sent: Saturday, March 22, 2008 6:34 AM To: Discussion of Hardware and Software issues Subject: Re: [dba-Tech] Linux Newbie in Distress Hi Bobby, Actually, you've been very helpful. I did download the Microsoft Virtual PC as you suggested. I can tell you that it was a lot easier to set up than either the VMware Player or Server was. Somehow, my Fedora-7 DVD ISO got hosed during all my fooling around (I know better than to use my original, I always make a copy first - except this time - dang!), so I played with the Fedora-8 DVD ISO. Mostly that worked, except there is something going goofy with my display. Using the "text" setup method, I got all the way through the Fedora-8 installation in my MS Virtual PC. Everything said OK. Yay! Then, I tried to start the virtual machine, and it goes fine up to a point where suddenly the display changes from white text on black background, first to a green background, then to a scrambled image with impossible-to-make-out text. Faintly, in the background, I can see that one thing failed, but because of the garbled image I can not make out what it is that failed. With any luck, there will be a log file somewhere that I can check through. I've found another good link for downloading the Fedora-7 DVD ISO file - from Oregon State University's Open Source Lab - and am downloading a fresh copy at this very moment. It is moving considerably faster than the last time - could be because this is Saturday morning and there may be less traffic. I will keep you all apprised of my progress. I have to learn this stuff! And it's fun. If I weren't so pressed for time to get it accomplished, the several stutter starts and stops wouldn't bother me much. I learn every bit as much from the failures as I do from the successes, sometimes even more. Thanks for all your help, Tina Bobby Heid wrote: > Ok, one more time. I just found Tina's original post. Sorry for my prior > replies clogging up the list. > > 1) To change the root password, at a console type 'passwd root' (without > quotes) and press enter. I think it will then ask you for the new password. > I think you can change passwords in the menu from System Settings. > > 2) Not that I know of. > > 3) I do not know. > > Bobby > > > _______________________________________________ > dba-Tech mailing list > dba-Tech at databaseadvisors.com > http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/dba-tech > Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com > > _______________________________________________ dba-Tech mailing list dba-Tech at databaseadvisors.com http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/dba-tech Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com