On Mon, 18 Sep 2006, David Burgess wrote:
Previous installs of what? FC6 Test releases or earlier versions.
I've not had any problems with this hardware since FC3.
This is strictly related to FC/6 Test 3 and it's not just this hardware. I
tried an install at work today on a machine with E-IDE drives and it failed
miserably (same X related problem). However I did successfully get a "linux
text askmethod" installation. That has not worked here at home.
I am getting confused.
Does the install complete or do you even get that far?
If you do get it installed, does the initrd fix actually get you any
farther?
I have not experienced any hangs on the install. It installs fine, just
kernel panics on reboot.
There is an x issue I have seen, but it only happens after the firstboot
process is completed.
If you use a rescue disc, are you also to get access to the install logs?
> From: alan <alan(a)clueserver.org>
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> Subject: Re: FC/6 Test 3 64bit Trouble
> Date: Mon, 18 Sep 2006 15:33:51 -0700 (PDT)
>
> On Mon, 18 Sep 2006, David Burgess wrote:
>
>> Thanks Alan
>>
>> I'll try and try that if I ever get that far, however I'm having even
more
>> problems than that.
>>
>> During the install just after it announces it's searching for previous
>> Fedora installations X hangs forever at that point.
>
> Have previous installs worked on this machine? I have not seen that. I am
> using a AMD64 3700+ with 1 gig of ram and a nvidia 440go graphics card and
> nforce3 sata chipset.
>
>> I've tried to start in "text" mode and it crashes completely
leaving a lot
>> of "giberish" (nice technical term) characters and informs me I need to
>> reboot my computer.
>
> I get the X crash after I have fixed everything andf have gone through the
> "first boot" screen.
>
> If I wiggle the mouse, it then tells me that the x server has died and
> leads me through the steps to rebuild the X config. That seems to fix the
> rest of the issues.
>
> Linus refered to this sort of problem as a "paper bag bug". That is a bug
> so bad that when released makes the developer want to wear a paper bag over
> their head so they will not be recognised.
>
>> I haven't had this much trouble since Redhat 5. This seems more like a
>> test 1 than what is supposed to be in fact a release candidate.
>
> I have not seen one this obnoxious since Slackware 3.0.
>
>>
>> I'm running a
>>
>> ASUS A8N-E
>> 2G of RAM
>> Athlon 64 3400
>> Dual WD Raptor SATA I drives
>> NVidia GeForce 6600 GT video card
>>
>> Installation media is fine and I've tried two different ones (DVD's that
>> is).
>>
>>> From: alan <alan(a)clueserver.org>
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>>> <fedora-test-list(a)redhat.com>
>>> To: For testers of Fedora Core development releases
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>>> Subject: Re: FC/6 Test 3 64bit Trouble
>>> Date: Mon, 18 Sep 2006 14:08:37 -0700 (PDT)
>>>
>>> On Mon, 18 Sep 2006, David Burgess wrote:
>>>
>>>> Has anyone gotten the x86_64 Test 3 to install from the DVD on a box
>>>> with SATA drives?
>>>
>>> Yes.
>>>
>>> Here is the trick to get it to work.
>>>
>>> Install as normal. (If you already have an install you can skip this
>>> step. ]:> )
>>>
>>> Boot off the same disc in "rescue mode". ("linux
rescue")
>>>
>>> At the prompt:
>>>
>>> chroot /mnt/sysimage
>>> cd /boot
>>> mkinitrd -v --image-version --nocompress initrd 2.6.17-1.2630.fc6
>>>
>>> Edit /etc/grub.conf and add the following line:
>>>
>>> initrd /initrd-2.6.17-1.2630.fc6
>>>
>>> Save, sync the drive and reboot. With luck (and if you did it right), it
>>> should work.
>>>
>>> I had a problem with X as well, but reconfiguring the x server fixed it.
>>> (Just follow the bouncing prompts.)
>>>
>>> Hope that helps.
>>>
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>>
>>
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