On Wed, 2006-12-06 at 09:05 -0600, Michael Satterwhite wrote: > 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. ---- Press 'e' at initial grub screen. Use arrow keys to move to 'kernel' line. Press 'e' to edit Add to end of line ' linux 3' Press 'Enter' to save Press 'b' to boot or After bootup, Press <Control><Alt><F2> to get a virtual console. Login as root. Type 'init 3' and press enter (type 'init 5' to return to runlevel 5 when you are done). If you are at runlevel 3, you can probably just fix the setup anyway by typing... system-config-display --reconfig I suspect that your 'sync' rates are set too high for your LCD which is why I suggested that you post Craig
