Lonni J Friedman wrote: > On 12/5/06, Michael Satterwhite <michael@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: >> About an hour ago, I logged off my kde session. My LCD monitor >> immediately went to a black screen - with no way of logging back in - >> when the session ended. >> >> It took me 8 (eight) times going through a reboot process before I could >> get FC5 to present me with a login screen. The first 7 times, I got >> either a black screen or an "Out of Range" error. Finally, it presented >> me with a login screen and I was able to get the system up. >> >> I *KNOW* this isn't typical ... if it were, no one on the face of the >> planet would be running Fedora. Unfortunately, that doesn't make my life >> any easier - it is happening here. >> >> There are some real experts here. I know, they've helped me out with >> other problems. Does anyone know how to fix this? While a real fix is >> what's needed, even a bypass - a way to get back to a login screen when >> the system is acting up - would be a tremendous improvement. > > It sounds like X is hanging/crashing. Can you boot to runlevel 3 > successfully/reliably? if so, then you should do so, start X > manually, and grab the X log to review. I really hate to show ignorance, but it's never stopped me before. From the grub screen, how do I get it to boot to runlevel 3? I'm more than willing to get information to help people help me. I'd agree with the crash when I get the black screen, but I'm not sure how that would cause the "Out of Range" errors.
