Redhat Linux 7.3 Install Issues

[Koreanian]

Dear Linux Users,

I have been using Mandrake Linux 8.0 (a retail edition). I recently downloaded the iso's for Red Hat Linux 7.3. Since most users swore by it as opposed to other distros.

I ran through the install process on this system.

Athlon 1ghz
256mb sdram
Geforce 2 TI
8x dvd
yamaha 16x burner
game surround fortissimo II

When booting for the first time the screen

Welcome to red hat linux

blah blah [ok]

displayed properly.

When the XServer should have started the monitior went blank and the hard drives continued to spin. I changed the boot to be a text only (no xserver) boot but the same thing occured. Could this just be a problem with my video driver? (I know my card has ddr ram on it!) Or something more elusive.

Thanks
Koreanian

 

[N11]

You've verified that your inittab (/etc/inittab) is specified to runlevel 3 (id:3:initdefaultand you are still getting blackouts after services have initialized? No login prompt with a black background?

I assume you can see the services initializing on bootup? When does the blackout specifically occur?

 

[cleverhandle]

Or, more succintly: what is the very last thing that appears on the screen before it goes blank?

 

[Koreanian]

Unfortunately,

It's hard to say. (It runs by quite quickly) The Windows user awnser would be..

I just saw a bunch of ok's on the screen. (That's about as much as I can tell you). Except that i tried changing the NVIDIA Geforce II GTS driver to NVIDIA Geforce II (and it didn't fix anything (same problem). I know the XServer can start properly because the install program starts correctly (and runs fine all the way through)!

In case this might matter i used these iso files valhalla-i386-disc1.iso, valhalla-i386-disc2.iso, and valhalla-i386-disc3.iso (did i dl the right ones?) Like i said i have just been using a commercial version of Mandrake..


Koreanian

P.S. Another reason I downloaded redhat was for the newer versions of the various packages including kde. Its turning out to be a much bigger hassle than i had hoped. (At least i can hope over to windows!)