linux not working well
 

hello,

i have currently installed fedora core 3 on my intel based computer.
when after installation i entered startx it showed a window full of scattered graphics.i switched off my computer thru cpu .now when i start linux ,after a few seconds it stucks up and the doesnt even reaches the login prompt.iam confused please help me...........

If you shut down linux improperly the next time you boot it wants to check the file systems because they were no cleanly un-mounted...

If you have a graphical login then I think you can hit F2 to see a verbose output and see that it is checking the partitions... After that it will want to reboot again.

It's probably a video driver problem... If you can get back to the console login as "root" and run:

xf86config
or
xorgconfig

and go through the setup for your monitor and video card information.

If you get a scrambled screen don't just shut down... It will probably dump you back to the console or you can Ctrl+Alt+Backspace to get out ot X...

KC

thanx...................kencaz

system-config-display as root