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Okay, so I made my boot disk and I got it to boot. It came up with a test, and asked me if i wanted to test the integrity of the disk, and said yes, and all worked right. After that it started to, or look like, install. It got to the monitor detection and said monitor model cannot be detected, and the screen went blank with a message that said no video could be processed. Does anybody know what this problem is?
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reported the installer failing during monitor detection and leaving the screen blank. That usually means the X server could not read a safe EDID/DDC value from the monitor and ended up selecting a mode or driver the display (or card) cannot handle. The usual fix is to finish installation without relying on the auto-detected X configuration, then force a conservative, generic setup and install the proper driver later.

Suggested steps (concise):

  • Complete the install using a non-graphical/basic-installer option so the system is usable after boot.
  • Boot to a text console and create or edit /etc/X11/xorg.conf to use a generic driver and safe monitor timings instead of relying on auto-detection.
  • Use a basic video driver (VESA) temporarily, and set wide, conservative HorizSync/VertRefresh ranges and a low mode (for example 1024x768). After X runs, install the vendor-specific driver (NVIDIA, ATI, Intel) if available.

Example minimal xorg.conf fragment to try (place in /etc/X11/xorg.conf as a starting point):

Section "Device"
  Identifier "Card0"
  Driver     "vesa"
EndSection

Section "Monitor"
  Identifier "Monitor0"
  HorizSync   30-68
  VertRefresh 50-75
EndSection

Section "Screen"
  Identifier "Screen0"
  Device     "Card0"
  Monitor    "Monitor0"
  SubSection "Display"
    Modes "1024x768"
  EndSubSection
EndSection

After editing, restart X or reboot. If that works, replace VESA with the appropriate vendor driver and narrow timings to the monitor's specs. For more detailed troubleshooting and additional methods (modelines, mode generators, or forcing safe modes), see ArchWiki's Xorg troubleshooting guide: .

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So I got some help from someone, and they said to install in text mode, which is just text linux <enter> instead of <enter> when you first pop in your cd of FC. Then later on you can change your monitor type to a monitor that is closely related to yours using the command

system-config-display --reconfig
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