On Wed, 2006-12-06 at 08:23 -0700, Craig White wrote:
> 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
>
Btw I would also remove the "rhgb quiet" from the end of the kernel line
in grub.conf. I have seen rhgb get mad and blank the screen / crash the
system. If you want a larger window during bootup you can add vga=XXX,
where XXX is one of the hex numbers below.
| 640x480 800x600 1024x768 1280x1024
----+-------------------------------------
256 | 0x301 0x303 0x305 0x307
32k | 0x310 0x313 0x316 0x319
64k | 0x311 0x314 0x317 0x31A
16M | 0x312 0x315 0x318 0x31B
refer: /mnt/fc5root/usr/share/doc/kernel-doc-2.6.18/Documentation/fb/vesafb.txt
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