On Fri, 2006-04-14 at 12:08 -0400, Debbie Deutsch wrote: > > Thanks to both of you for your help so far. I have experimented similar > to what was suggested. Like Mike, I now believe the problem has > something to do with X. Has this machine done any updates or is this the original binaries off of the FC5 install cds? > > Here is what I tried. Instead of typing a boot command, I used the > "type I to enter interactive mode" feature during boot. I tried this > twice. One time I said "no" to starting avahi-daemon. The other time I > said "no" to starting the first-time boot service. (I have noticed that > that always runs, even when it is not the first boot after install. At > least that's the case on my other FC5 machine.) Anyway, the results were: > > - not running the avahi-daemon didn't change anything. The system hung > at the same point with the same blank grayish-blue screen. > > - not starting the first time boot service did let boot get past the > avahi-daemon. However it did not fix the problem. It eventually did > hang with a (mostly) blank grayish-blue screen that had junk in a narrow > band across the top. > > Based on this, I am thinking the problem has something to do with X. > The strange thing is that I have no problems with the same monitor and > display settings when I use my other FC5 machine that has an nVidia > nForce4 chipset. (That machine is still on the original kernel that > came with the FC5 distro because of a dmraid bug, so it still has the > original driver that came with the distro, not the updated nVidia > driver.) OTOH, I am not seeing any reports of problems with the Intel > chipset that is in this system. Also, this monitor has worked perfectly > with FC4 and FC3. I am thinking that maybe my next step should be to go > into rescue mode and try to see what the config file says about my video > adaptor and monitor. It can't hurt. If that doesn't reveal the > problem, I just may try reinstalling and see what happens if I don't > change SELinux and don't change the monitor settings. Given the information you have gathered up to this point, I would put the machine in runlevel 3 and then start experimenting with different X resolutions. Unless that is the machine has gone thru updating. > > Debbie > > P.S. I am going through a KVM switch to share the monitor among > machines. That has not been an issue for FC3, FC4, or FC5 on my other > Linux box. > LX -- °°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°° Missiles of ligneous or osteal consistency have the potential of fracturing osseous structure, but appellations will eternally remain innocuous. Registered Linux User #268899 http://counter.li.org/ °°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°
