I was trying to get xsane to scan. It was suggested to me that my monitor wasn't configured correctly. In /etc/X11/xorg.conf. I changed Modes to 1084x768. I saw the change in resolution when I rebooted my PC. The screen was larger and the print was smaller. However. the boot stopped with a blue screen and a mouse pointer as the only item. It stopped during the First Time Boot Configuration. I rebooted and used crtl alt backspace to get a login prompt after it had hung again. I replaced the /etc/X11/xorg.conf. I then rebooted and it still hung at the same spot. I have a dual booted PC . I am using Windows XP to make this request for help.
I did some reading and found a way to test xorg.conf which is in an X11 configuration
artcal on the web. It says to run
Xorg -config xorg.conf. It seems to work.
I see part of the yellow and blue Fedora boot page but just a the top of the page. Then the screen is black with a large white outlined large X with points on their ends. This seems to imply the xorg.conf is okay? So, why won't the boot past the First Time Boot Configuration?
I did as Farslayer suggested. I made Modes in xorg.conf to be 1024x768. I rebooted and now it is hanging at HAL daemon.

It has been fours days of digging and trying to get my system up.

I found an article "How to Repair a Corrupt MBR and boot into Linux". It had me used my Fedora 5 first CD and boot into rescue mode.
I did that and it told me to do a chroot /mnt/sysimage and then restore GRUB with the command grub-install /dev/hda. Hda is my linux drive. To my surprise /dev was empty.
When I did a ctrl-alt-backspace and logged in as root and checked out /dev hda and all the other devs were there.
So, my question now is can a use my Fedora 5 CDs and reinstall Fedora 5. What will happen to my home directory, Thunderbird files, firefox files, etc? I really want to get
Linux rerunning.

Bob

1024x768 would be the proper resolution.. 1084 is a bogus number.

I did as you suggested and made Modes in xorg.conf to be 1024x768. Now, the boot hangs a HAL daemon

I GIVE UP. I run Redhat/Fedora. How can I get the next version and update my present version. I am hoping this multiple day ordeal will be over if I do.

Have you tried configuring X again using the Fedora command line tool ?

system-config-display

No idea why a display configuration change would cause a hang at HAL daemon... that doesn't make sense.

the point is...I don't remember the exactly command you have to do, but there is one that make the changes you did to be effective on any X files or actions. (no it's not the chmod that I am talking) it's about X, I remember that is on the /usr/libexec directory...

huh ?

Dude, you saved me! I changed the level to 3 and then su'd myself and typed in system-config-display and the video properties gui came up and in my case I had to change the display from crt to LCD because apparently the Fedora didn't pick up on it, that is was a big screen tv and was LCD.
Thanks
rougerouter