Re: F14 boot hangs on atd ...

2010-12-20 Thread Beartooth
On Sat, 18 Dec 2010 17:40:50 -0500, Tom Horsley wrote: > On Sat, 18 Dec 2010 22:19:09 + (UTC) I Beartooth wrote: > >> Anyway, I suspect the real trouble is misrecognition of the >> monitor. That's an HP w2207h, at 1680x1050; but xrandr reports 800x480. That much seems now confir

Re: F14 boot hangs on atd -- temptation to suppuku

2010-12-18 Thread Tom Horsley
On Sat, 18 Dec 2010 22:19:09 + (UTC) Beartooth wrote: > Anyway, I suspect the real trouble is misrecognition of the > monitor. That's an HP w2207h, at 1680x1050; but xrandr reports 800x480. Try booting run level 3 - that won't try to start the X server. (edit /etc/inittab and change th

F14 boot hangs on atd -- temptation to suppuku

2010-12-18 Thread Beartooth
My oldest PC (an inherited Dell PowerEdge SC1420, remodeled by a friend who speaks hardware, to run without RAID, serving as live storage and emergency backup) boots as far as "starting atd" (which says OK), and hangs. What comes after atd, or should?? And why launch atd anyhow? Accord