Re: F10 on Homebuilt Box - Absolutely Brutal...!!!!
Christopher A. Williams wrote:
I decided to take the plunge and install F10 x86_64 preview on my
main
system at home. This was absolutely the WORST and MOST BRUTAL
installation of Fedora I have ever experienced!!! What in wide world of
sports is going on here??? I was up until midnight trying to get my
system working again.
Had I been a newbie, my impression on Fedora and Linux would have been
that it truly sucks big time. Have I gotten anyone's attention yet...?
...Good. Here's what's wrong and (hopefully) what's needed to fix it.
First here's a summary of my system config (output of lshal available):
Motherboard:
eVGA e7100/630i
This MB uses nVidia onboard GeForce 7100 video with the nForce 630i
chipset. It also uses nVidia MCP73 High Definition Audio
CPU: Intel 2.4GHZ Core2 Quad
4GB RAM
320GB Western Digital SATA drive (WDC_WD3200AAKS)
Monitor: Acer P243W (connected via DVI cable)
OK - Here we go...
Installation was a nightmare (as witnessed by a friend who also
frequents this list). The main thing that was wrong was video. Simply
put, it just doesn't work - and to the point that the Live CD is
unusable and the Install DVD will only install in text mode. What I
found (after a lot of troubleshooting) was that F10 in the default
configuration just doesn't recognize the nVidia card correctly.
That's a good clue you shouldn't install it. The latest hardware is
generally problematic.
I have a brand-new HP SFF at work, I plan to install Debian on it. First
thing I did was boot a Knoppix DVD.
Everything works[1], so Debian's a goer (maybe not Debian Stable, but
Debian Something).
[1] Come to think of it, I don't think sound does. Sound doesn't matter
for this system.
If I was going to run Fedora or Ubuntu (actually, not silly) or openSUSE
then I'd check it out with a corresponding live image.
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Cheers
John
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