hi all I am new user in linux ,I had installed linux on my Pc, but the problem is whenever it starts it doesn’t login to GUI screen , it starts with the black screen “ user name”… I tried the ctrl + alt + F5 it dint work as well, but when I installed fedora using VM ware it worked perfectly and login to GUI screen!!! Can anyone help me solve this problem; I don’t want to use the VM ware Pc details : AMD 64 processor 3000+ 1 GB RAM Using ATI RADEON X550 graphic card Win xp pro I would be so thankful WariTh

You need to dit the inittab file (which is in the /etc directory) and change your run level from 3 to 5. Find the line that reads: id:3:initdefault: change it to: id:5:initdefault:

Before you do the above you may want to check that your X server is actually configured correctly. After logging in at the text prompt type startx and see if you get a GUI.

by typing startx it showed this msg fatal server error: no screen found WariTh

When you installed Fedora did you install X, knome or kde in the install packages. These options come up in the install process just after the part of formating the hard drive. The reason I think you may have not ticked the correct boxes is that I did exactly the same in FC4 a few weeks back. ps I was tired!! Turn it off, wait a while, turn it back on again.

i tried the startx it gave me this erro fatal server error: no screen found ------------ i just reinstalled fedora 5 just to make sure that i ticked knome & kde in the install packages. unlucky me still same problem WariTh

If you are able to run startx without an error saying that the command cant be found (not that the command doesn't work) you already have X installed. It is much more likely that it is not configured correctly. Try running xorgconfig or see if there is a specific fedora configuration package for X....it used to be something like redhat-config-xsetup.