On Mon, Jul 24, 2006 at 10:40:16PM -0500, Chris Schumann wrote: > I have a ThinkPad 600X (800MHz PIII, 576MB RAM, 40GB disk, etc) that WAS > running FC5 just great... but I did some updates and messed around with the > Services settings. > > The first bad sign was that the machine would hang during booting right > before the login screen. I had to turn it off, but I could boot into > runlevel 3, log in and run "init 5" and everything was great. So I tried to > fix it... > > Now, starting in runlevel 3 hangs right after it asks me for a user name. > The system is completely unresponsive. I haven't tried to go in remotely > because it's set up for spiffy WiFi with the easy configuration tool, but I > have to log in and give it the default keyring password before it will > configure the card. > > So now, I can boot into runlevel 1. Joy. Hold it, your runlevels are dropping fast... and 0 is not too comfy ;) > So, tipsters, what's my next step to restoring my portable workstation, > besides reformatting and restoring my user files from backup? (And yes, I > have a backup.) But do you have a *tested* backup? Eh? > I'd really like to be able to diagnose what's going on, because I have two > laptops running Linux, and I'd like to get another one in the house to > switch, but right now my credibility is a little tarnished. Boot with a live CD and you can continue to "fix" things 8^) If Fedora does not have a "live CD" use Knoppix or *Ubuntu. florin -- If we wish to count lines of code, we should not regard them as lines produced but as lines spent. -- Edsger Dijkstra -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: not available Type: application/pgp-signature Size: 189 bytes Desc: Digital signature Url : http://mailman.mn-linux.org/pipermail/tclug-list/attachments/20060724/b26bbc9f/attachment.pgp