Cant Boot Completely

rkharikrishnan · #1 9th April 2006, 11:32 AM

I installed Fedora core 3. After installing i am not able to boot.. When the graphical interface comes it shows aome color ful lines only.. I am getting some junk display. Can anyone tell what will be the problem.

tashirosgt · #2 9th April 2006, 02:24 PM

The video isn't configured correctly. Try CTRL-ALT-F2 and see if you get a console. Login as root. Then see if /etc/X11/xorg.conf has entries that are appropriate for your hardware.

rkharikrishnan · #3 9th April 2006, 03:34 PM

When should i give ctrl+alt+f2?

tashirosgt · #4 9th April 2006, 04:49 PM

CTRL-ALT-F2 (all those keys pressed at once) should bring up a black screen with a prompt. Login as root. If you don't get the prompt you will have to try another method. That would be to boot from the 1st Fedora cd in the rescue mode and look at /mnt/sysimage/etc/X11/xorg.conf.
Are you experienced in the use of the command line?