speaking of freeze::: I have seen a tooltip on the taskbar icons literally stop/freeze a desktop process such as vi! Sometimes getting rid of the tooltip requires (get this) unplugging/replugging my flash memory stick! Sometimes hitting the keys Ctrl-Alt does the trick. Other wise power down/up! All this began with F9/KDE 4.0.5 Sometimes the tooltip flashes! ---------------------------------------- > From: k.a.lanigan@xxxxxxxxx > To: fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx > Date: Tue, 2 Sep 2008 10:21:44 -0600 > Subject: Re: Fedora 9 Freeze At Login > > > On 2-Sep-08, at 8:55 AM, Fernando Apesteguía wrote: > >> On 9/2/08, 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. >> >> 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? >> > > Yea, it's just a clear image the desktop background while mouse, > keyboard and everything else just sits frozen there. > > I'm gonna give a go to some of the other suggestions to see if that > lets Fedora run. > >>> >>> 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 > > Sincerely, > Kyle Lanigan > > > -- > fedora-list mailing list > fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx > To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list > Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Communicate/MailingListGuidelines _________________________________________________________________ See what people are saying about Windows Live. Check out featured posts. http://www.windowslive.com/connect?ocid=TXT_TAGLM_WL_connect2_082008 -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Communicate/MailingListGuidelines
