Cannot boot into FC5

[borg]

I am unable to boot into fedora core 5. I just changed the display settings to display 16 bit colour rather than 32 bit colour. Now whenever Linux boots up, the display goes blank. It simply shuts off as in when the computer is turned off. What do I have to do now?. Help.

[Rollercoaster]

boot in single user mode or rescue mode(vis install CD1) and run "system-config-display"

better yet did u try to press ctrl+alt+F1 (it wil bring u to the console)
if u reach the console then login and run "system-config-display"

[borg]

I managed to solve the problem by using the install disk, going into rescue mode & restoring a backup of the xorg.conf file.

Thanks for the help anyway. But I can't figure out why this problem occurred in the first place. All I did was to switch to 16 bit mode from 32 bit.

[Rollercoaster]

well X did not support ur gfx card for resolutions of 16bit depth...

[vignesh]

What graphics card do you use ? Nvidia always has trouble with Linux.

[borg]

I am using a Xpertvision Radeon 9600

[mehulved]

Moved to open source section as it will be more appropriate here