I've got a ThinkPad 600X with FC5. After some recent update, if I try to let the system boot normally, it hangs just before showing the login screen: The GRUB interface works fine; X starts and shows all the things that load; X re-starts and shows the solid blue desktop; I can move the cursor with the mouse, then it locks up dead.
But if I make it start in runlevel 3 (by adding "3" to the kernel parameters), that's fine, I can log in and do "init 5" and everything is peachy.
Where should I look for clues on what's going on?
Thanks, Chris
On Sun, 2006-07-23 at 12:45 -0500, Chris Schumann wrote:
I've got a ThinkPad 600X with FC5. After some recent update, if I try to let the system boot normally, it hangs just before showing the login screen: The GRUB interface works fine; X starts and shows all the things that load; X re-starts and shows the solid blue desktop; I can move the cursor with the mouse, then it locks up dead.
But if I make it start in runlevel 3 (by adding "3" to the kernel parameters), that's fine, I can log in and do "init 5" and everything is peachy.
Where should I look for clues on what's going on?
Thanks, Chris
Chris:
I have an /etc/inittab that runs the line 18 id:3:initdefault: (it was id:5:initdefault in the FC 5 distro, but I dont like beginning graphics-like) and x:5:once:/etc/X11/prefdm --no-daemon last line of the script, that I commented out and I think manages the login in graphics mode, firing xdm. Maybe you have the problem in this last line.
Juan Carlos
Juan Carlos wrote:
Chris:
I have an /etc/inittab that runs the line 18 id:3:initdefault:
(it was id:5:initdefault in the FC 5 distro, but I dont like beginning graphics-like) and x:5:once:/etc/X11/prefdm --no-daemon last line of the script, that I commented out and I think manages the login in graphics mode, firing xdm. Maybe you have the problem in this last line.
You did not need to comment out the x:5:once:/etc/X11/prefdm --no-daemon
line. The 5 after the x: means run at run level 5. If you look at the line:
1:2345:respawn:/sbin/mingetty tty1
The 2345 after the 1: mean run at run levels 2, 3, 4, and 5. The 1: and x: are the id for the line. They can be one to four characters long, but you can not have duplicates. You can get more information about the format of the file by running "man inittab".
Mikkel