> 2008/7/3 Mike Burger <mburger@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>: >> With regard to the "blank screen"...I'm assuming that is happening after >> the graphical boot sequence...the one that shows all the various service >> starting, etc. >> >> I'm running into the same issue, using an Nvidia card. >> >> It's not an indication that the system is frozen...it's that the system >> switched to TTY7, which is where the graphical environment is supposed >> to >> start. >> >> Instead, all I do is press ALT-F1 to get to the first console terminal, >> log in, run "sudo init 3" to bring the system to runlevel 3 (text only >> mode), then "sudo init 5 ; exit" to bring the system back to runlevel 5 >> (graphical mode) and then exit that particular shell. >> >> The system then comes up with the login for the GUI desktop. >> >> I do wonder if it has to do with the desktop environment selected. I >> run >> KDE (don't have Gnome installed)...which desktop environment are you >> using? > > Mike > Alt-F1 is not working on my system!!! so our problems are not > completely similar. Have you tried CTRL-ALT-F1? This is how, if your X screen were working, you'd get to the first TTY text screen. -- Mike Burger http://www.bubbanfriends.org Visit the Dog Pound II BBS telnet://dogpound2.citadel.org or http://dogpound2.citadel.org To be notified of updates to the web site, visit: https://www.bubbanfriends.org/mailman/listinfo/site-update or send a blank email message to: site-update-subscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list
