Can't Login to Fedora

[John Nichel]

Timothy J. Finucane wrote:
> How do I boot into init? Everytime the machine boots it goes through the
> boot process and then goes to the login screen that won't show.

Using Grub?  At the Grub screen edit line that you're normaly boot up in 
(when it's highlighted, press <e>).  Look for the line that says...

kernel=

highlight that and press <e>.  At the end of the line, add a <space> and 
the number 1.  Save the changes and hit <b>.  You'll now be in single 
user mode.  From there, you can edit your inittab file (should be in 
/etc).  Change run level to 3, and reboot.  This will put you in 
non-graphical mode.  You'll be able to investigate further from there. 
If you want to test X, just type startx at the command line.  Once you 
have it working again, you can change your run level back to 5 (graphical).

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John C. Nichel
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