On 06/12/06, Michael Satterwhite <michael@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Lonni J Friedman wrote:
> 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.
Press e to edit the selected boot commands and add '3' to the end of the line that boots the kernel. Not entirely sure where this is documented, but a useful piece of knowledge (especially if you've forgotten the root password for a machine). -- imalone