Unable to logon
Gerry Tool
gstool at earthlink.net
Thu Mar 17 03:10:40 UTC 2005
Jeffrey D. Yuille wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I have just installed the Fedora Core 4 Test 1 version and I am not
> able to log on. After everything seems to install, I am brought to the
> logon screen but after I try to log on, I only see the blue screen
> without anything loading up. During installation and just before
> logging on, you are generally given the option to set the screen
> resolution, provide a username, etc. I didn't even get the opportunity
> to do this. The one time the computer did load up, it took about four
> minutes to load to the desktop and I had to create a regular user
> account through the root account. I did a clean install on two
> different computers (a Dell Dimension xps t600r and a Dell Inspiron 4000
> laptop) and I have the same problem. How do I correct this? Has anyone
> else had this problem? Any help would be appreciated.
>
>
> Jeff
>
You may be victim of several bugs. If you log into the gui without
first logging into a text terminal (CTRL-ALT-F1 for example) as root and
running
yum update gdm
you will not get a useable screen. You must also manually add a normal
user as root - the firstboot program is hosed.
Updating everything (not easy in itself - see other posts) finally makes
firstboot run on the next reboot.
Hope this helps.
Gerry
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