help:fedora 7:installation problems

[VINSTAR]

i install Fedora7 and installation completed succesfully(KDE)
but after installing i reboot the system
and then select fedora7 and after booting
i get a black screen written
fedora7
localhostlogin:_
when i entered root then asked password i entered the password
but nothing happens black screen remains as the same before

but when i entered anything other in localhostlogin and typed something on password i get error that username/password incorrect
but root and its password is not working what can i do now
anybody pls help imm.............

[infra_red_dude]

After logging in with the username and password, type "startx" for KDE to start.

[NucleusKore]

Login as root or a user (if you made one during setup) and type
startx

[VINSTAR]

i cannot login as root
and i didnot create any other user

[praka123]

always create a local user!never login as root.still,for fixing,press ctrl+alt+f1 and login as root in virtual terminal.then do a :
killall -9 kdm if kdm is used or killall -9 gdm
now try,below commands:
startx;startkde
if kde is installed u can login to ur session.else u have to make sure ur install is not corrupt.

[VINSTAR]

i edit inittab file of fedora7 with slax live cd
and set default runlevel to 5. Now after booting
i get the GUI to login.
But when i enter root in the username and its
password i get error that

cannot start the session due to internal

when i press enter i get msg that

Your session only lasted less than 10 seconds. If you have not logged out
yourself, this could mean thatthere is some installation problem or that
you may be out of diskspace. try logging in with one of the failsafe session
to see if you can fix this problem.

and when i clicked in details

error session_child_run: Could not exec /etc/x11/xnit/xsession default

but when checked it with live cd there is no
folder name x11 in /etc

[VINSTAR]

any body pls pls help

[praka123]

press ctrl+alt+f2 and login as root.then post the o/p of below command here:
cat ~/.xsession-errors
and
cat /var/log/Xorg.0.log

also post the output of "df -H" command.
also,the o/p of
ls -ld /tmp

cat /etc/hosts

and possible causes range from xorg.conf error,partition being full,/tmp dir permission problem,wrong /etc/hosts file,/etc/passwd file etc.

also do run in virtual terminal:
chown root ~/.ICEauthority
also, do a:
rm -r ~/.gnome2/gnome-session or
rm -r ~/.gnome2/session
^restart computer then!

[VINSTAR]

thanx
i reinstalled[gnome] it
and working fine
but i am a newbie to linux i hav some questions

display resolution is only 800x600 no option for 1024x768

i hav ati driver but dont know how to install.

how to install .bin and .run packages

cannot play mp3.codec missing giv me link to download codecs like k-lite cp

i deleted the panel at the bottom,now windows that minimising are going to somewhere.is there any way to restore the panel

[praka123]

http://fedorafaq.org will help you.

[VINSTAR]

hi very much thanks to praka123

I hav some more doubts(i'm a newbie in linux)
i searched it but didnt get any satisfied answer
SO PLS HELP

i download some other packages for linux but i dont
know hoe to install them. They are

lame-3.97.tar
divx611-20060201-gcc4.0.1.tar
amarok-1.4.8.tar.bz2

pls tellme how to install packages with extensions
.tar .bz2 ........
can i install amarok in gnome

And also
is there any way to get back the grub boot loader
menu thats removed after the installation of WINDOWS

[Sykora]

^^^ Always use your package manager wherever possible to install packages. Search for how to use yum.

[VINSTAR]

i install suse linux 10.1 with kde
but i cannot change the permission of any file
i logged in as root. i get error that operation not supported