*ALMOST* longing for Windows stability

[Lonni J Friedman]

On 12/5/06, Michael Satterwhite <michael at weblore.com> wrote:
> About an hour ago, I logged off my kde session. My LCD monitor
> immediately went to a black screen - with no way of logging back in -
> when the session ended.
>
> It took me 8 (eight) times going through a reboot process before I could
> get FC5 to present me with a login screen. The first 7 times, I got
> either a black screen or an "Out of Range" error. Finally, it presented
> me with a login screen and I was able to get the system up.
>
> I *KNOW* this isn't typical ... if it were, no one on the face of the
> planet would be running Fedora. Unfortunately, that doesn't make my life
> any easier - it is happening here.
>
> There are some real experts here. I know, they've helped me out with
> other problems. Does anyone know how to fix this? While a real fix is
> what's needed, even a bypass - a way to get back to a login screen when
> the system is acting up - would be a tremendous improvement.

It sounds like X is hanging/crashing.  Can you boot to runlevel 3
successfully/reliably?  if so, then you should do so, start X
manually, and grab the X log to review.


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