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Fedora 8 install failure
by Anders Hartman 03 Mar '08

03 Mar '08

Hello, I'm trying to install Fedora 8 x86_64 on my HP Compaq 8710p laptop. The DVD boots fine, I tell the install to do a new install, come to the blue screen that loads some drivers and end up at the disk check requester. After the check is done (or skipped), /sbin/loader blows me away with a SIGSEGV error and shuts down the system. I have also tried to install Ubuntu 7.10 and OpenSUSE 10.3. They install and works flawlessly. However, I'm a Fedora guy ;-) Any suggestions? -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Some system facts: Intel Core 2 Duo CPU T7700 @ 2.40GHz 4 GB RAM ST9120823AS hard disc NVIDIA Quadro NVS 320M graphics card TSSTcorp CD/DVDW TS-L632M Intel 82566MM Gigabit LAN Intel WiFi Link 4965AG Additional info The Fedora 8 KDE LIVE CD/DVD seems to boot up just fine. Can't make a clean (swedish) install with this though. /andha

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Re: Fedora 8 install failure
by Anders Hartman 27 Feb '08

27 Feb '08

Jeroen van Meeuwen skrev: > Anders Hartman wrote: >> I have now tried the following with Fedora 8 Unity 20080204 respin: >> >> Install with graphical UI. >> Install with text UI. >> Install with text UI using kernel modifiers (noprobe, headless, >> noapic, acpi=off) one at the time. >> Use boot.img from the DVD to do a text install over the network. >> >> I'm getting a stack dump all the time. >> > > At what point do you get the stack trace? > >> The kernel seems to be alive though. Alt-F2,Alt-F3 and Alt-F4 still >> works. I can't see any trace of >> what went wrong in anacron.log or syslog. >> > > Does dmesg show anything? > > Kind regards, > > Jeroen van Meeuwen > -kanarip > > I get the stack dump a few seconds after the disk check requester goes away. I can't find any traces of a dmesg-file, only anaconda.log and syslog, both located in the /tmp directory. The anaconda log ends after SElinux has loaded a default policy. anaconda ignores some unknown devices like finger print sensor and (interstingly) the NVIDIA Quadro NVS 320M graphics card. Since I run in text mode this should be allright. Syslog shows no errors except for a missing floppy drive (don't have one). /Anders

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Re: Fedora 8 install failure
by Anders Hartman 27 Feb '08

27 Feb '08

Gus skrev: > Try installing the 32 bit version, instead of the 64 bit. > I don't guarantee that it's going to work, good luck. > > -----Original Message----- > From: fedora-laptop-list-bounces(a)redhat.com > [mailto:fedora-laptop-list-bounces@redhat.com] On Behalf Of Anders Hartman > Sent: Wednesday, February 27, 2008 9:19 AM > To: Chris Snook > Cc: fedora-laptop-list(a)redhat.com > Subject: Re: Fedora 8 install failure > > Chris Snook skrev: > >> Anders Hartman wrote: >> >>> Hello, >>> >>> I'm trying to install Fedora 8 x86_64 on my HP Compaq 8710p laptop. >>> The DVD boots fine, I tell the install to do a new install, come to >>> the blue screen that >>> loads some drivers and end up at the disk check requester. After the >>> check is done (or skipped), >>> /sbin/loader blows me away with a SIGSEGV error and shuts down the >>> system. >>> >>> I have also tried to install Ubuntu 7.10 and OpenSUSE 10.3. They >>> install and works flawlessly. >>> However, I'm a Fedora guy ;-) >>> >>> Any suggestions? >>> >>> > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- > ---------------- > >>> Some system facts: >>> >>> Intel Core 2 Duo CPU T7700 @ 2.40GHz >>> 4 GB RAM >>> ST9120823AS hard disc >>> NVIDIA Quadro NVS 320M graphics card >>> TSSTcorp CD/DVDW TS-L632M >>> Intel 82566MM Gigabit LAN >>> Intel WiFi Link 4965AG >>> >>> Additional info >>> >>> The Fedora 8 KDE LIVE CD/DVD seems to boot up just fine. Can't make a >>> clean (swedish) install with this though. >>> >> I had some nasty problems, quite similar to this, using the F8 x86_64 >> graphical installer on a few boxes with Nvidia cards. The text >> installer worked fine though, and the problem went away when I made a >> respin with revisor that used newer packages. Try the Fedora Unity >> respin. >> >> -- Chris >> >> >> > Hello Chris, > > I have now tried the following with Fedora 8 Unity 20080204 respin: > > Install with graphical UI. > Install with text UI. > Install with text UI using kernel modifiers (noprobe, headless, noapic, > acpi=off) one at the time. > Use boot.img from the DVD to do a text install over the network. > > I'm getting a stack dump all the time. > > The kernel seems to be alive though. Alt-F2,Alt-F3 and Alt-F4 still > works. I can't see any trace of > what went wrong in anacron.log or syslog. > > Booting up in rescue mode from the DVD also works. > > I wonder what's missing in Fedora that OpenSUSE and Ubunto has. > > More things to try? > > Digging deeper and deeper > /Anders > > _______________________________________________ > Fedora-laptop-list mailing list > Fedora-laptop-list(a)redhat.com > http://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-laptop-list > > > > Thanks for that angle of attck, No luck with the original Fedora 8 i386 DVD. Anaconda hangs on the line "Running /sbin/loader". No stack dump this time. Tried both graphical and text mode. No errors in the log. Will download the i386 respin and try that too. /Anders

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problem with ALPS touchpad (Toshiba Satellite) and Gsynaptics
by udutronik Tronik 26 Feb '08

26 Feb '08

Hi all, I'm a newbie in the linux world, been trying various distros for 6 months and recently switched to Fedora. I'm really enjoying this distribution and the community that surrounds it and so far, i've been able to make eveything work perfectly on my toshiba satellite laptop. Everything but... my touchpad! I want to be able to use it but with tapping disabled. It is viewed as ALPS Glidepoint device in Fedora's devices I've not been able to make it happen, I tried: - installing gsynaptics, but it wont start, giving me the message : "GSynaptics couldn't initialize. You have to set 'SHMConfig' 'true' in xorg.conf or XF86Config to use GSynaptics" - I've looked into /etc/X11/xorg.conf but there is no reference to synaptics touchpad - i've pasted this sample config lines into xorg.conf with SHMConfig = true with no luck... Section "InputDevice" Identifier "Synaptics" Driver "synaptics" Option "Device" "/dev/input/mice" Option "Protocol" "auto-dev" Option "Emulate3Buttons" "yes" Option "SHMConfig" "true" EndSection in other distros, all i had to do was edit this xorg.conf... but what about Fedora? Thanks for your help...

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"install exited abnormally" when trying to install F8 on old laptop
by Bruno Rebeschini 25 Feb '08

25 Feb '08

Hi All, I am new to fedora-list and fedora-laptop-list... Here is an issue I raised on fedora-list, but it might be more relevant here. Please let me know if anyone can help me to progress. Thanks, Bruno -------- Original Message -------- Subject: "install exited abnormally" when trying to install F8 on old laptop Date: Sat, 23 Feb 2008 18:32:04 +0000 From: Bruno Rebeschini <brebesch(a)googlemail.com> To: fedora-list(a)redhat.com Hi All, I am trying to install the new Fedora 8 XFCE spin (https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-announce-list/2008-February/msg00005…) on a very old laptop (see specs below)... but I have not succeeded yet. i386 install media for this spin is not directly available, so I downloaded the i386 DVD and made its content available on a http server on my local network to start from here. Then, I still have to figure out how to use the kickstart file in the process to end up with the XFCE spin on my good old machine. I burned the boot CD to start the network install, and provided the http path for anaconda to access the packages. Anaconda then starts to retrieve the /images/minstg2.img packages and then crashes. Here is the message I get: "Running anaconda 11.3.0.50, the Fedora system installer - please wait... install exited abnormally [1/1]" then the systems shuts down. I assume that my config for an http install is fine as anaconda manages to access the packages... but I can't figure out why it crashes. Can anyone help please? Thanks, Bruno Toshiba Satellite 2180CDT - CPU: AMD K6 475MHz - HDD: 4GB - RAM: 192MB

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Atheros Comm pci cards
by Eldon Eagle 25 Feb '08

25 Feb '08

I have a Toshiba Satelite A135 S7404 laptop with Atheros wireless card built in. I installed Fedora 8 and I cant get the wireless to work no how!! Eldon

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Cannot use wireless on HP Pavilion dv6350eu using Fedora 8 (DVD)
by Kjel Delaey 24 Feb '08

24 Feb '08

When I am trying to activate my wireless connection using Network Configuration, I get the following error: Cannot activate network device wlan0! Determining IP information for wlan0...SIOCSIFFLAGS: No such file or directory SIOCSIFFLAGS: No such file or directory failed. A few weeks ago I tried to use Ndiswrapper and XP drivers, without success. Information about my HP Pavilion dv6350eu (wlan): - 802.11b/g WLAN - Hardware Description: Broadcom Corporation BCM94311MCG wlan mini-PCI, Type: Wireless, Device: wlan0 - Hardware Description: b43, Type: Wireless, Device: wlan0 Does someone know a working solution? Thanks in advance, Kjel _________________________________________________________________ Neem je vrienden overal mee dankzij Messenger op je gsm. http://www.windowslivemobile.msn.com/nl-be

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howto switch between wlan's?
by sean darcy 23 Feb '08

23 Feb '08

I have two wireless networks. I'd like to be able to switch between them. I'm using ndiswrapper on f8 with a Broadcom BCM94311MCG chip. ifcfg-wlan0 works fine: cat ifcfg-wlan0 DEVICE=wlan0 BOOTPROTO=dhcp ONBOOT=yes TYPE=Wireless ESSID=net1 So I set up ifcfg-wlan1: cat ifcfg-wlan1 DEVICE=wlan0 BOOTPROTO=dhcp ONBOOT=no TYPE=Wireless ESSID=net2 ifdown wlan0 ifup wlan1 Determining IP information for wlan0... failed; no link present. Check cable? Then: ifup wlan0 Determining IP information for wlan0... failed; no link present. Check cable? rmmod, and modprobing ndiswrapper makes ifup wlan0 work again. I can see both wireless access points with iwlist wlan0 scan. sean

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Problem With ASUS F3SV
by Carlos Correia 20 Feb '08

20 Feb '08

Hi all, I have recently brought ASUS F3SV. I was able to installed fedora 8 successfully. But these is a problem with the sound card The system detect the board but no sound comes from the speakers neither the headphones Can someone know what is the problem?? All drivers seems to be working but no sound.. Thanks & Regards, Carlos Correia

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HP webcam drivers vs Fedora 9
by Lasith Sameera 20 Feb '08

20 Feb '08

Hi all, I have recently brought HP pavilion notebook(dv6569en). I was able to installed fedora 8 successfully. But these is a problem with web cam. So from the next release of fedora (R9) will be having webcam drivers and work out of box?. I have tried with UVC driver installation, but it is not working well. -- Thanks & Regards, Lasith Sameera

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