Jim Cornette wrote: > Christopher J. Bottaro wrote: >> Hello, >> >> When my computer boots to run level 5, it hangs on starting X. The >> screen just freezes up with red and green vertical lines and the computer >> stops responding to input. >> >> The weird thing is that if I boot to run level 3 and manually type >> startx, then X starts up just fine. >> >> Any ideas or suggestions? >> >> Thanks for the help. >> > > There are many possibilities. I believe my computer does the same thing > with runlevel 5. I like runlevel 3 better anyway. > > Possibility 1: > rhgb could need upgrading. Are you running the latest version for fc3? > The released version was buggy, but a working copy could not be included > on the cds released. The developer announced the program ws fixed and > explained the reason for the buggy released version. Heh, doing a complete "yum update" and installing the latest nvidia drivers for the newest kernel solved (err, eliminated) the problem. > Possibility 4: > What was described earlier about runlevel 5 and runlevel 3 differences > might apply. It might be the differences in the way X initializes for > the runlevels. Yeah, I was about to try the udev suggestion, but I guess I don't have to now. Thank you everyone for the help and suggestions. This list is wonderful.
