Graphical interface can't boot

[Mark Russell]

On May 9, 2004, at 6:09 PM, Yukimi Daifuku wrote:

> Hello everyone. I'm quite a noob with linux but i've already searched 
> the web a lot before asking. After having
> installed YDL 3.01 on my iBook G4 800/12", it tells me the GUI cannot 
> start, i need to enter a root password for it to try with a 'standard' 
> config.
> I did and still it doesn't work, so i typed in root "Xautoconfig 
> --fbdev", hoping it would solve the problem, it created a file 
> somewhere but after restarting the machine, still, it fails. my card 
> is an ATI radeon mobility 9200 32Mb.
> Before installing, I took care to format my HD in 1 partition in "free 
> space" mode, like i was told to do by many websites.
>
> Thanks a lot for your help everyone

instead of typing Xautoconfig --fbdev,

try typing Xautoconfig --safe

then startx