Good Morning Tod, Thanx for the quick reply. I did the 'CTRL-ALT-F1' thing and I got the login screen. I then looked at the files that you suggested. The only warning I saw was in the messages file: gdm-simple-greeter[2938]: WARNING: Unable to load image: Couldn't recognize the image file format for file '/usr/share/backgrounds/infinity/infinity.xml' I am not sure where it is getting this value from. On a side note, how do I mount my USB drive so I can copy the files you mentioned? Thanx for your help - Marwan Quoting Tod Merley <todbot88@xxxxxxxxx>: > On Dec 4, 2007 6:44 PM, Marwan Aziz <marwan@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > Hi There, > > > > I just rebooted my Fedora 8 desktop and after going through the startup > screen > > (which shows all of the details of the startup) instead of getting to the > login > > screen, I get a white screen and the only visible thing is the mouse > pointer. > > Here are the details of my machine: > > - HP Pavilion a1654n > > - Intel Viiv Core 2 Duo E6300 > > - Nvidia GEforce 7500LE > > - Fedora 8 (2.6.23.1-49.fc8) > > > > I do not know what to do to fix this. Please help. > > > > Thanx. > > > > - Marwan > > > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------- > > This message was sent using IMP, the Internet Messaging Program. > > > > -- > > fedora-list mailing list > > fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx > > To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list > > > > Hi Marwan Aziz! > > I would like to think so. > > Lets try some things: > > 1. Do a "ctl+alt+F1" and see if it brings up a tty login screen. If > so, log in as root - go to /var/log and at least look at Xorg.0.log, > dmesg, and messages. If you can, copy the files to a flash drive or > other removable media. > > 2. If the "ctl+alt+F1" does not work do the above from a live CD. > > 3. Examine the files for clues. You are looking for warnings and errors. > > 4. Google the errors along with hardware information (video card - > mother board (chipsets)). > > 5. If no errors there check the disk file system integrity (man fsck). > It is probably not wise to repair any errors found at this time. > > Please let us know what you find. > > Tod > > -- > fedora-list mailing list > fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx > To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list > ---------------------------------------------------------------- This message was sent using IMP, the Internet Messaging Program.
