On Tue, 2008-09-02 at 11:56 +0200, Timothy Murphy wrote: > Kyle Lanigan wrote: > > >>>> Have you tried logging in in text mode? > ... > >> Earlier you might have been able to enter text mode by Ctrl-Alt-F1, > >> or alternatively by using something like Knoppix to edit /etc/inittab > >> and change id:5 to id:3 . > > > The Live CD works amazingly fine on my computer. > > If possible, could you give an in-depth instruction on what to do with > > the ID:5 change to ID:3? > > Firstly, I'm no Fedora guru, and the other Tim is much more likely than me > to have the correct diagnosis. > > It is just that if the system freezes in this sort of way, > my first step would be to eliminate problems with X by running in text-mode. > > One way to do this is to edit /etc/inittab, and change the line > id:5:initdefault: > to > id:3:initdefault: > > This line in inittab determines which mode linux boots into. > > The trouble is, if the system is not working it is not clear > how you can edit this file. You don't need to edit /etc/inittab. When the Fedora splash screen appears during the boot process, hit 'a' followed by '3'. This will append a 3 to the boot command line, which means 'boot into mode 3'. poc -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Communicate/MailingListGuidelines
