On Fri, 04 Jul 2008 02:20:14 +0200, Björn Persson wrote: [...] > I don't understand it either but similar things happen to me. If I boot > into runlevel 5 I only get a black screen. If I boot into runlevel 3, > log in as root and run "init 5 ; exit", then X starts just fine. I've > described the problem here: > > https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=448340 I'll take a look at that shortly, thanks. Meanwhile, I did manage to get #1 as well as #2 machine to run F9; but unless/until I hear better from Frank Murphy, I have to boot both in init3, log in as root, and play with the X configuration first by editing /etc/X11/xorg.conf and then by running system-config-display. That gives me a weird error message, something to the effect that the connection to the Xserver is temporarily unavailable. But if I then log root out and my userid in, I can command startx, and it takes a while but works. Next time I have to shut one of them down, or sooner if I get to it, I'll try your way instead; it certainly sounds shorter and easier. And, come to think of it, last time I did mine, I didn't change anything with either my editor or my config command; just ran them, logged root out and userid in. I have to say, I've already had more trouble with F9 than ever with any other release, since I started on RH7. (I had RH6, boughten in a bookstore, but never succeeded in installing it at all.) What's more, I can't remember nearly so many others describing install problems in my time watching this list .... Otoh, it certainly isn't any fault of our developers that (what seems to be) a new generation of hardware technology (i.e., wide-screen monitors with numerous bells & whistles) has been coming out right along with their release, not giving them to take account of it. -- Beartooth Staffwright, PhD, Neo-Redneck Linux Convert Fedora 8 & 9; Alpine 1.10, Pan 0.132; Privoxy 3.0.6; nine (count 'em -- nine) different browsers Remember I know precious little of what I am talking about. -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list
