I think you should press CTRL+ALT+F1 rather than power button. It will
show you a login screen. Just log in and see some error raised in error
message.
Brad Bonkoski wrote:
You could always boot into single user mode and check out the output
in /var/log/messages and see what it has to offer...
-Brad
Andrew Robinson wrote:
> I installed Fedora Core 5 on my eMachines laptop. After about 5
> minutes of usage, it freezes. My only recourse is to hold the power
> button down until the laptop powers off. It has done this numerous
> times. I have been running FC4 with very little problem for about 5
> months. I suspect it is related to the touchpad, but I don't know.
> Could someone suggest what the problem might be or how I might
> diagnose it?
>
> Thanks!
>
> Andrew Robinson
>
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