Display shutting down on first boot

[Andy Green]

Somebody in the thread at some point said:

>>> I do have a working xorg.conf from FC6 backed up on disk. How can I
>>> get to a prompt so that I can copy it to this F7 install?
>> Not sure that is the right idea... after all a lot has changed
>> underneath a "working xorg.conf" from FC6.".  The question is, what is
>> the Driver line in the "Device" stanza.  To get yourself going, try
>> setting Driver "vesa" in there.
> 
> Thanks. How can I get to a command prompt to find out?

Just hit 'A' at the gurb boot prompt and add a '3' to the kernel
commandline.

If things ever get really bad, insert your install CD and type

linux rescue

-Andy