thanks. I was able to fix this by using a newer development kernel. On Wed, 28 Jul 2004 13:43:02 +0100, James Wilkinson <james@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > About a week ago, Jose Moreno wrote: > > I loaded Fedora Core2 from the ftp.redhat.com site on my dell > > latitude. > > it loads up until the Login screen, then once i enter my username and > > password, it freezes midway through. I tried KDE and GNOME and they > > both freeze > > > > any ideas why? i'm eager to get started with Linux. > > > > Display is a NeoMagice MagicGraph256AV > > Pentium 3 > > > > it works fine on Windows XP. i hate xp though :-0 > > > > Sorry you never got an answer, Jose. Did you ever fix this? > > It sounds from other posts as though you've got to a text prompt > (presumably at the console). Can you, as root, run telinit 3, then log > in (perhaps at another virtual console: say Ctrl+Alt+F2) as yourself, > then try running startx? > > Does the whole machine freeze, or can you still get back to a virtual > console while X is logged? > > What happens if you redirect the output of startx to a file: > startx > startx.log 2>&1 > > What's in that startx.log file afterwards (if the machine locks solid, > after you reboot)? > > Have you tried vesafb mode? > > HTH, > > James. > -- > E-mail address: james@ | "I've never understood the appeal of "Big Bother" - I > westexe.demon.co.uk | guess having lived for 3 years in a house shared with > | Geography students sorta numbs the appeal ..." > | -- "Tanuki" > > -- > fedora-list mailing list > fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx > To unsubscribe: http://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list >
