Why do I get a blank screen on Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS 4 using a Dell Optiplex gx620 with an ATI Radeon x600?

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The Radeon driver that ships with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 does not work with the Radeon x### family of cards. The current workaround is to load the vesa driver instead. To do this, change the driver in the "Device" section of /etc/X11/xorg.conf from:

Section "Device"
        Identifier  "Videocard0"
        Driver      "radeon"
        V...

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