2008/7/7 Mike Burger <mburger@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>: > >> 2008/7/7 Mike Burger <mburger@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>: > >>> Please see some of my contribution to this thread. >>> >>> I'm having a similar issue to Antonio's...I've got a fully updated F9 >>> install, and I noted that as of a couple of kernel releases ago, my >>> workstation, which boots to runlevel 5, does not actually appear to >>> start >>> up the X desktop either. Instead, it switches to TTY7 with a blank >>> screen >>> and blinking cursor. >>> >>> What I need to do, to get around this, is ALT-F1, log in, init 3 and >>> then >>> init 5 in order to get the system to actually bring up the X login >>> screen. >> >> Mike, >> >> have you read my final report saying that I have eventually solved the >> problem??? It was a graphic driver from test-updates that was causing >> the problem: now I have gone back to a fully F9 system and evrrything >> is o.k. For my info, which graphic card do you use??? > > I did see that, yes. > > I'm not using any "test" drivers, that I'm aware of. My video card is an > Nvidia GeForce2 MX/MX 400. > > For what it's worth, I'm (finally) looking at my my Xorg.0.log and > Xorg.0.log.old. > > Xorg.0.log.old ends with: > > (II) Loader running on linux > (++) using VT number 7 > > > Fatal server error: > xf86OpenConsole: VT_WAITACTIVE failed: Interrupted system call > > While Xorg.0.log, which is created one minute later (after running init 3 > ; init 5) runs successful. > > Might be some sort of timing issue...but I can't imagine what might be > causing such a time-out. > > -- > 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 > Mike, what is the graphic driver??? I am using a Nvidia card at home with nv driver from Fedora and I have no problem at all: are you using the driver from Nvidia??? ot nouveau??? -- Antonio Montagnani Skype : antoniomontag -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list
