On Sun, 2008-06-08 at 06:59 -0600, Kenneth Lee wrote: > > > > id:3:initdefault: > > > > --Scott Kidder > > The problem was, that I could NOT get to a console in order to > change > the inittab file. I added "text" to the boot command line so > that I > could get to a console. > > > After boot, get another virtual terminal session (Alt-Ctrl-F1 through > F6) Just use Alt-Ctrl-F1 or Alt-Ctrl-F2. Then login as root and > update the /etc/inittab as Scott described. Reboot. Warning: Never > set the initdefault to 6 - your machine will reboot constantly - just > keep it to > 3 for Text, and 5 for Graphical. > Hope this helps, Ken > > > -- > fedora-list mailing list > fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx > To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list Sounds great on paper - this was the first thing I tried when F9 booted into a blank non-functional display. Unfortunately, everything was locked up completely. I had to use the power button to re-boot - nothing else was possible. The solutions was to add "text" to the boot options to boot into a text console and try to fix xorg.conf from there. Unfortunately, the best I could do was display on an external monitor attached via the vga port - have not been able to get F9 to display on the notebook's own lcd display. So I've installed F8 (wiping out F9 for now). F8 works fine (only added acpi=off to avoid an error message). I don't get the highest possible resolution but is functional (and wireless works with ndiswrapper). In xorg.conf I switched F9's choice of openchrome (which would seem to be the correct one) to vesa to get the display on the external monitor. This is what F8 LiveCD used so I thought it was a possibility with F9. When F9 started up, eventually the screen shows some weired patterns and then locks up the machine completely (unless you add "text" to the boot options). I could never get to look at the xorg log. Rick B. -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list
