On Tue, 2009-11-10 at 16:12 -0800, Adam Williamson wrote: > On Tue, 2009-11-10 at 14:22 -0800, Rick Stevens wrote: > > > > I had to leave for a minute. Sorry about the wait for answer. > > > > > > If I install drivers (akmod or kmod) this is when the problem of > > > restarting my computer comes in. As long as I leave the drivers alone, > > > it runs perfectly. Just trying to understand why I can't use these > > > drivers. I am using a Evga 9500 Video Card. It will let me install > > > them and then tell me I need to restartx in order to use them. Once I > > > install and reboot that is when I am unable to get back in Fedora 12 > > > without reinstalling it. Does that make sense or am I losing it after > > > 10 trys. > > > > That is precisely what we're trying to debug...what happens when you > > install those drivers. So, install them, and when it craps out, hold > > down ALT, press the F2 key, log in as root and post the > > "/var/log/Xorg.0.log" file from the failed X startup. > > Actually, it's not what I thought was the problem until just now, so > good thing we clarified that. :) Honestly I'm a lot less bothered about > the proprietary drivers than the free ones, but sure, we can try and > figure it out. > > Lawrence, once you've got it to the point where it's crashing, boot up, > and at the start of boot, hit 'tab' to edit the boot options. Select the > second line of the boot options for the kernel you're booting - it > should end with 'rhgb quiet' or some such - and add just the single > number '3' (preceded by a space). That should boot to a text console. > You can log in and have a look at /var/log/Xorg.0.log that way. > > -- > Adam Williamson > Fedora QA Community Monkey > IRC: adamw | Fedora Talk: adamwill AT fedoraproject DOT org > http://www.happyassassin.net > I log in root and put the 3 there and it did nothing. I put the command /var/log/Xorg.0.log and permission denied. -- Lawrence E Graves <lgraves@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> -- fedora-test-list mailing list fedora-test-list@xxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-test-list
