help.. my fedora hung up and I cant login

[Triadi Krisnawan]

Dear Experts,

Please help me with my problem, I really new with linux.
I was trying to setup the resolution setting for the monitor.

I follow some tips that I got from the web about modifying xorg.conf file.
I tried to added some entries under "Screen" part. I've added Modes "1280x1024_60" it didnt change anything after I rebooted.
I then added another entries under "Monitor" part. I've added Modeline "1280x1024_60" and under Option I added "PreferredMode" "1280x1024_60"

But after I reboot the machine, the boot process hung up. It only goes up to the fedora logo then stop and nothing happened. I tried to wait but nothing was happen.
I was wondering how can I stop the boot process go to root directory and set back the original xorg.conf file. I made a back up already of this file and renamed it as xorg.conf_original.

I dont understand when I went to GRUB window. It said I am in minimal BASH like and the command is very limited unlike a normal unix command.

Can somebody help me to restore my xorg.conf file back so the system can boot up properly please?
Really need help.

Thanks,
Triadi

[Abu Attar Musharih]

It seems that the Gnome or whatever Xwindows application you used
complains the modification that you made. Therefore the boot did not
bring you to the init stage 5 (this is my guess). How to fix it? You
need to login first to the system which is still there.
You can try CTRL+ALT+F2 (Try with any Fx) so that bring you to the
console from which you can copy back the original file. Then re-boot.

Regards,
 AA

On Sat, Mar 5, 2011 at 1:09 PM, Triadi Krisnawan  wrote:
> Dear Experts,
>
> Please help me with my problem, I really new with linux.
> I was trying to setup the resolution setting for the monitor.
>
> I follow some tips that I got from the web about modifying xorg.conf file.
> I tried to added some entries under "Screen" part. I've added Modes
> "1280x1024_60" it didnt change anything after I rebooted.
> I then added another entries under "Monitor" part. I've added Modeline
> "1280x1024_60" and under Option I added "PreferredMode" "1280x1024_60"
>
> But after I reboot the machine, the boot process hung up. It only goes up to
> the fedora logo then stop and nothing happened. I tried to wait but nothing
> was happen.
> I was wondering how can I stop the boot process go to root directory and set
> back the original xorg.conf file. I made a back up already of this file and
> renamed it as xorg.conf_original.
>
> I dont understand when I went to GRUB window. It said I am in minimal BASH
> like and the command is very limited unlike a normal unix command.
>
> Can somebody help me to restore my xorg.conf file back so the system can
> boot up properly please?
> Really need help.
>
> Thanks,
> Triadi
>
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[Triadi Krisnawan]

Hi AA,

Thanks for the info. I will try that. I am guessing is using runlevel 5 as default as well.
I read in some article that we can try to fix this by going into single user mode.
How can I go to this mode and once I am on it, can I perform a normal linux command such as cd, cp or even rm?

Regards,
Tri
> Date: Sat, 5 Mar 2011 13:47:47 +0900
> Subject: Re: help.. my fedora hung up and I cant login
> From: [e-mail]
> To: [e-mail]
>
> It seems that the Gnome or whatever Xwindows application you used
> complains the modification that you made. Therefore the boot did not
> bring you to the init stage 5 (this is my guess). How to fix it? You
> need to login first to the system which is still there.
> You can try CTRL+ALT+F2 (Try with any Fx) so that bring you to the
> console from which you can copy back the original file. Then re-boot.
>
> Regards,
> AA
>
> On Sat, Mar 5, 2011 at 1:09 PM, Triadi Krisnawan  wrote:
> > Dear Experts,
> >
> > Please help me with my problem, I really new with linux.
> > I was trying to setup the resolution setting for the monitor.
> >
> > I follow some tips that I got from the web about modifying xorg.conf file.
> > I tried to added some entries under "Screen" part. I've added Modes
> > "1280x1024_60" it didnt change anything after I rebooted.
> > I then added another entries under "Monitor" part. I've added Modeline
> > "1280x1024_60" and under Option I added "PreferredMode" "1280x1024_60"
> >
> > But after I reboot the machine, the boot process hung up. It only goes up to
> > the fedora logo then stop and nothing happened. I tried to wait but nothing
> > was happen.
> > I was wondering how can I stop the boot process go to root directory and set
> > back the original xorg.conf file. I made a back up already of this file and
> > renamed it as xorg.conf_original.
> >
> > I dont understand when I went to GRUB window. It said I am in minimal BASH
> > like and the command is very limited unlike a normal unix command.
> >
> > Can somebody help me to restore my xorg.conf file back so the system can
> > boot up properly please?
> > Really need help.
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Triadi
> >
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[Abu Attar Musharih]

On Sat, Mar 5, 2011 at 1:56 PM, Triadi Krisnawan  wrote:
> Hi AA,
>
> Thanks for the info. I will try that. I am guessing is using runlevel 5 as
> default as well.
> I read in some article that we can try to fix this by going into single user
> mode.

Yes, this was exactly I mean. Press CTRL+AlT+F2
This will bring you to the single user mode then you log in.

If F2 does not work, try with another F (1, 2, etc) until the single
mode user appears.
After login,  place (copy) back the file so you have the original one.
You can call the xwindows after that by command line 'xstart'
If it does not work,  reboot by shutting down after login as root
> su
> shutdowh -h now
> How can I go to this mode and once I am on it, can I perform a normal linux
> command such as cd, cp or even rm?

yep, exactly.

Regards,
AA

[Joe Zeff]

On 03/04/2011 09:08 PM, Abu Attar Musharih wrote:
> Yes, this was exactly I mean. Press CTRL+AlT+F2
> This will bring you to the single user mode then you log in.

No, single user mode only has root as a user and doesn't have the full 
OS running or any networking.  When you go to a different console that 
way, you're at a CLI (Command Line Interface) with the machine up and 
running, including networking.

My suggestion is to log in there as root and use nano (a simple text 
editor) to edit xorg.config.  I suspect the error is using 1280x1024_60 
as your mode instead of 1280x1024 because I've never seen it done that 
way.  Just put a pound sign (#) in front of each line you added, making 
them comments, then save, exit and reboot.  If nothing else, that will 
get you back where you started.

[Aaron Konstam]

On Sat, 2011-03-05 at 01:52 -0800, Joe Zeff wrote:
> On 03/04/2011 09:08 PM, Abu Attar Musharih wrote:
> > Yes, this was exactly I mean. Press CTRL+AlT+F2
> > This will bring you to the single user mode then you log in.
>
> No, single user mode only has root as a user and doesn't have the full 
> OS running or any networking.  When you go to a different console that 
> way, you're at a CLI (Command Line Interface) with the machine up and 
> running, including networking.
>
> My suggestion is to log in there as root and use nano (a simple text 
> editor) to edit xorg.config.  I suspect the error is using 1280x1024_60 
> as your mode instead of 1280x1024 because I've never seen it done that 
> way.  Just put a pound sign (#) in front of each line you added, making 
> them comments, then save, exit and reboot.  If nothing else, that will 
> get you back where you started.

CTRL+AlT+F2 will not work well if you are not completelty logged in. As
the system boots when you get to the display that has the list of
kernels, edit the line putting 3 at the end of the line and then boot.
That will take you into init level 3. The you can fix the machine.

In /etc/grub.conf which you can access as root be sure #hidemenu is
commented out by the W# character and timeout=5 for example.

[Triadi Krisnawan]

Hi Gents,

Thanks all for the input. 
I managed to get it up and running now.
What I did was that I interrupt the boot process by pressing "delete" button. Then I press "a" to modify the selected kernel. Then I added "s" or "1" to enter the single user mode. From there I can restored back the xorg.conf file as root.

Cheers,
Tri
> Subject: Re: help.. my fedora hung up and I cant login
> From: [e-mail]
> To: [e-mail]
> Date: Sat, 5 Mar 2011 08:30:53 -0600
>
> On Sat, 2011-03-05 at 01:52 -0800, Joe Zeff wrote:
> > On 03/04/2011 09:08 PM, Abu Attar Musharih wrote:
> > > Yes, this was exactly I mean. Press CTRL+AlT+F2
> > > This will bring you to the single user mode then you log in.
> >
> > No, single user mode only has root as a user and doesn't have the full 
> > OS running or any networking. When you go to a different console that 
> > way, you're at a CLI (Command Line Interface) with the machine up and 
> > running, including networking.
> >
> > My suggestion is to log in there as root and use nano (a simple text 
> > editor) to edit xorg.config. I suspect the error is using 1280x1024_60 
> > as your mode instead of 1280x1024 because I've never seen it done that 
> > way. Just put a pound sign (#) in front of each line you added, making 
> > them comments, then save, exit and reboot. If nothing else, that will 
> > get you back where you started.
>
> CTRL+AlT+F2 will not work well if you are not completelty logged in. As
> the system boots when you get to the display that has the list of
> kernels, edit the line putting 3 at the end of the line and then boot.
> That will take you into init level 3. The you can fix the machine.
>
> In /etc/grub.conf which you can access as root be sure #hidemenu is
> commented out by the W# character and timeout=5 for example.
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