*ALMOST* longing for Windows stability

[Lonni J Friedman]

On 12/6/06, Michael Satterwhite <michael at weblore.com> wrote:
> Lonni J Friedman wrote:
> > On 12/6/06, Craig White <craigwhite at azapple.com> wrote:
> >> On Wed, 2006-12-06 at 09:05 -0600, Michael Satterwhite wrote:
> >> > Lonni J Friedman wrote:
> >> > > 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.
> >> >
> >> > I really hate to show ignorance, but it's never stopped me before. From
> >> > the grub screen, how do I get it to boot to runlevel 3? I'm more than
> >> > willing to get information to help people help me.
> >> >
> >> > I'd agree with the crash when I get the black screen, but I'm not sure
> >> > how that would cause the "Out of Range" errors.
> >> ----
> >> Press 'e' at initial grub screen. Use arrow keys to move to 'kernel'
> >> line. Press 'e' to edit
> >>
> >> Add to end of line ' linux 3'
> >> Press 'Enter' to save
> >> Press 'b' to boot
> >>
> >> or
> >>
> >> After bootup, Press <Control><Alt><F2> to get a virtual console. Login
> >> as root. Type 'init 3' and press enter (type 'init 5' to return to
> >> runlevel 5 when you are done).
> >>
> >> If you are at runlevel 3, you can probably just fix the setup anyway by
> >> typing...
> >>
> >> system-config-display --reconfig
> >>
> >> I suspect that your 'sync' rates are set too high for your LCD which is
> >> why I suggested that you post
> >
> > It seems highly unlikely that the problem is xorg.conf, as he stated
> > that it works fine some small percentage of the time.  Something bad
> > is happening elsewhere.
>
> Adding to it, a Google shows that this has been seen by other people ...
> and not necessarily all Fedora users. I know that my Windows 2000 boot
> comes up 100% of the time. Before I did a switch, my Kubuntu 5.1 system
> came up 100% of the time and didn't crash at logoff. I'll agree that
> something is happening somewhere (I love being specific <g>), but I
> haven't the foggiest what or where. That's why I turned to the experts
> here. The amount of knowledge in this user base is astounding.

So reproduce the problem, get the X log, and then we have something to
look at.  Right now, there's zero information.

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