FC5 freezes my laptop

[Johannes Christian]

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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