dhhb2304 schreef:

Kai-Thorsten Hambrecht schreef:

Hello,

2. I have downloaded fedora 8, burned this on a disk and used the disk
to install on a desktop. No problem. I took the same disk to my Asus
(dual boot with Windows XP) and started up from the disk and chose the
option "upgrade an existing system". the system began collecting
installed packages end thereafter checking dependencies. about 40%
through this the system hangs completely (no mouse action either) and
only using the on/off button of the laptop gives any result.

maybe you should see Redhat Bugzilla:
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=372011

but in F8 there is also an issue with dual-head on ATI cards. See:
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=374901

Kai.

Thanks. After reading through the items posted for bug 372011 (=upgrade to F8), I decided to stick with F7 and wait for a new iso-image (or F9...).
Especially since the dual-head problem seems as yet unresolved, also in F8.
B.

My statement here above was after all not satisfactory to me, so I tried to find a solution anyhow. Success obviously is the joint effort of inspiration and transpiration...

A. Upgrade: I got it working! The reason nothing happened at first when I gave, after hitting the ESC-key, the boot command:
updates=http://katzj.fedorapeople.org/updates-f8-yumloop.img
was simple: as usual I relied on the wireless connection. But at start-up of the F8 DVD there is no wireless connection yet. After plugging in the Ethernet cable and again booting the DVD the upgrade started and after about 2 hours was complete. A few personal settings were lost in the upgrade, but it definitely is less work than installing completely new and then apply the personal settings.

B. Dual head: I got it working also by using the right items in /etc/X11/xorg.conf after installing the necessary driver by the command:
yum install kmod-fglrx

My copy of xorg.conf is:
=========
# Xorg configuration created by system-config-display

Section "ServerLayout"
    Identifier     "Multihead layout"
    Screen      0 "Screen0" LeftOf "Screen1"
    Screen      1 "Screen1" 0 0
    InputDevice    "Keyboard0" "CoreKeyboard"
    InputDevice    "Synaptics" "CorePointer"
    Option        "Xinerama" "on"
    Option        "Clone" "off"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
    Identifier "Keyboard0"
    Driver      "kbd"
    Option        "XkbModel" "pc105"
    Option        "XkbLayout" "us"
    Option        "XkbVariant" "intl"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
    Identifier "Synaptics"
    Driver      "synaptics"
    Option        "Device" "/dev/input/mice"
    Option        "Protocol" "auto-dev"
    Option        "Emulate3Buttons" "yes"
EndSection

Section "ServerFlags"
    Option "RandR" "on"
EndSection

Section "Monitor"
    Identifier   "Monitor1"
    VendorName   "Monitor Vendor"
    ModelName    "LCD Panel 1024x768"
    HorizSync    31.5 - 48.0
    VertRefresh 56.0 - 65.0
    Option        "dpms"
EndSection

Section "Device"
    Identifier "Videocard0"
    Driver      "fglrx"
    VendorName "Monitor Vendor"
    BoardName   "ATI Technologies RV350 [Mobility Radeon 9600 M10]"
    BusID        "PCI:1:0:0"
    Screen        0
EndSection

Section "Device"
    Identifier "Videocard1"
    Driver      "fglrx"
    VendorName "Monitor Vendor"
    BoardName   "ATI Technologies RV350 [Mobility Radeon 9600 M10]"
    BusID        "PCI:1:0:0"
    Screen        1
EndSection

Section "Screen"
    Identifier "Screen0"
    Device     "Videocard0"
    DefaultDepth     24
    SubSection "Display"
        Viewport   0 0
        Depth     24
        Modes    "1280x800" "1280x720" "1152x864" "1152x768" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
    EndSubSection
EndSection

Section "Screen"
    Identifier "Screen1"
    Device     "Videocard1"
    Monitor    "Monitor1"
    DefaultDepth     24
    SubSection "Display"
        Viewport   0 0
        Depth     24
        Modes    "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
    EndSubSection
EndSection
===============

The desktop is stretched now over the two monitors, which was my aim. The only thing still bothering me is the resolution of the second monitor: 800x600, even though 1024x768 is mentioned in xorg.conf.
Altering the resolution should be possible by using xrandr, but so far I have not been able to make the xorg server "see" xrandr.
If I succeed therein, I will let you know. Hope that somebody beats me to it!

B.