Re: video turns off just when os starts services when booting F8 after fresh install

Ferindo Middleton wrote:
I've recently upgraded my F6 to F8. The install finished ok but when the
computer boots it gets to the boot loader, finishes and starts booting
up the kernel and then when it gets to the point where it show the type
I for Interactive boot and just after it starts the udev service, the
screen goes blank and never returns. There was no indication during the
setup that there was a problem with the video card (I installed using
the graphical installer by the way).

I'm a bit stumped because I can't really even look at any logs files or
anything because the screen goes blank before it finishes booting up to
Gnome. I tried maybe secure shelling in but that doesn't work either
because maybe ssh service might not be turned on by default or
something, not sure. I don't even know if the system finishes starting
other services or finishes other booting-up procedures because the
screen just goes pitch black just when the os starts turning on
services. I'm attempting to reinstall i rescue mode now but don't know
if this will help resolve the issue. Thanks in advance for any ideas.

--
ferindo

When the system starts to boot, hit a key to bring up the Grub menu.
Use e for edit, and then use the arrow keys to highlight the kernel
line. Hit e to edit this line. If you put a 3 at the end of this
line, and hit b for boot, you will boot into run level 3. (there is
also an option you can remove so that you stay in the text mode the
entire boot, but I don't remember it right now - I normally boot
this machine that way. For me, the change would be from:

kernel /vmlinuz-2.6.22.9-61.fc6 ro root=/dev/VolGroup00/LogVol00

to:

kernel /vmlinuz-2.6.22.9-61.fc6 ro root=/dev/VolGroup00/LogVol00 3

You also have the option of entering the label and the option
instead of using the edit option: (It will be a different lable for
you.)

Fedora Core (2.6.22.9-61.fc6) 3
Mikkel
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