On 9/2/08, Timothy Murphy <gayleard@xxxxxxxxxx> 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. I had to do exactly that cause after install, when I tried to log in, my system froze. In my case there is something wrong trying to boot into X mode directly. If I boot in runlevel 3 and then startx, I have no problems. However, if I kill the X server (or normal logout) and then try to start it up again with startx, the system hangs up again (can't kill X server, the kernel doesn't seem to catch the ACPI events when I push the switch off button...) Kyle, do you see any unexpected image after typing your name and password, some bizarre screen or is it just a clear frozen image of your desktop? > > The trouble is, if the system is not working it is not clear > how you can edit this file. > My suggestion was to use Knoppix. > (But the Fedora Live CD can probably be used in the same way.) > Knoppix allows you to mount your Fedora partitions > while Linux is running on the CD. > This lets you edit files in your Fedora setup. > > > > > -- > Timothy Murphy > e-mail: gayleard /at/ eircom.net > tel: +353-86-2336090, +353-1-2842366 > s-mail: School of Mathematics, Trinity College, Dublin 2, Ireland > > -- > fedora-list mailing list > fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx > To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list > Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Communicate/MailingListGuidelines > -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Communicate/MailingListGuidelines
