naconda White Out - no install

[Pete Bradbury]

Setup
AMD64 fx-51
asus sk8n-404
1 gig RAM
80gig ide
Viewsonic vp211b tft
ATI Radeon 9800 pro 256mb

The above has a promise raid array which isn't recognised, I'm not bothered
about that as I'm using the plain 80 gig drive for linux. The raid uses two
120gig sata drives and is aprtitioned only for win xp.

When I try to install Fedora it enters the Anaconda phase and momentarily I
have a white screen with the X cursur, it is moving for 5 or so seconds and
then locks up with nothing else happening. If I use linux acpi=off I get
occssional screen changes from black back to white, every now and then.

The Radeon card appears to be recognised but not the Viewsonic monitor.

[Michael Kearey]

Pete Bradbury wrote:
>  Setup 
<snip>
>  Viewsonic vp211b tft
>  ATI Radeon 9800 pro 256mb 
<snip>
>  
>  When I try to install Fedora it enters the Anaconda phase and momentarily I
>  have a white screen with the X cursur, it is moving for 5 or so seconds and
>  then locks up with nothing else happening. If I use linux acpi=off I get
>  occssional screen changes from black back to white, every now and then.
>  
>  The Radeon card appears to be recognised but not the Viewsonic monitor. 
A couple of things to try :

Don't use the fb  'linux nofb'
Install in text mode 'linux text'

See http://fedora.artoo.net/faq  for more tips for your Radeon card.

Cheers,
Michael

[Pete Bradbury]

Thanks for the linux text part that helped a lot

I can now get through the root logon prompt although startx doesn't

I tried to install the ati radeon drivers but got all sorts of errors during
compilation. I think I may now have picked up the wron ones _ I have the
XFree86 4.3.0 - is that correct?

In any case after trying that RPM I can get throuigh top the GUI logo and
enter root and password. The screen clears to fedora cora and what looks
like it should be a progress bar - but then hangs.


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Michael Kearey" <mutk(a)iprimus.com.au&gt;
To: <fedora-test-list(a)redhat.com&gt;
Sent: Saturday, January 24, 2004 12:58 PM
Subject: Re: naconda White Out - no install


>  Pete Bradbury wrote:
>  > Setup
>  <snip>
>  > Viewsonic vp211b tft
>  > ATI Radeon 9800 pro 256mb
>  <snip>
>  >
>  > When I try to install Fedora it enters the Anaconda phase and 
momentarily I
>  > have a white screen with the X cursur, it is moving for 5 or so
> seconds 
and
>  > then locks up with nothing else happening. If I use linux
> acpi=off I get
>  > occssional screen changes from black back to white, every now and then.
>  >
>  > The Radeon card appears to be recognised but not the Viewsonic monitor.
>
>  A couple of things to try :
>
>  Don't use the fb  'linux nofb'
>  Install in text mode 'linux text'
>
>  See http://fedora.artoo.net/faq  for more tips for your Radeon card.
>
>  Cheers,
>  Michael
>
>
>  -- 
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>  fedora-test-list(a)redhat.com
>  http://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-test-list
>

[Pete Bradbury]

I now have a limited resolution using vesa driver, unfortunately my
Viewsonic monitor isn't on the list.

I noticed also that my Alcatel speedtouch appears to have loaded a
'speedtch' module,
Is there some support for this adsl modem in fedora, or will I have to set
it up as I used to do for RH 9,0?

I can't see anything in the Gnome desktop to support it?



----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Pete Bradbury" <pete.s.bradbury(a)btinternet.com&gt;
To: <fedora-test-list(a)redhat.com&gt;
Sent: Saturday, January 24, 2004 6:05 PM
Subject: Re: naconda White Out - no install


>  Thanks for the linux text part that helped a lot
>
>  I can now get through the root logon prompt although startx doesn't
>
>  I tried to install the ati radeon drivers but got all sorts of errors 
during
>  compilation. I think I may now have picked up the wron ones _ I have
> the
>  XFree86 4.3.0 - is that correct?
>
>  In any case after trying that RPM I can get throuigh top the GUI logo and
>  enter root and password. The screen clears to fedora cora and what looks
>  like it should be a progress bar - but then hangs.
>
>
>  ----- Original Message ----- 
>  From: "Michael Kearey" <mutk(a)iprimus.com.au&gt;
>  To: <fedora-test-list(a)redhat.com&gt;
>  Sent: Saturday, January 24, 2004 12:58 PM
>  Subject: Re: naconda White Out - no install
>
>
>  > Pete Bradbury wrote:
>  > > Setup
>  > <snip>
>  > > Viewsonic vp211b tft
>  > > ATI Radeon 9800 pro 256mb
>  > <snip>
>  > >
>  > > When I try to install Fedora it enters the Anaconda phase and
>  momentarily I
>  > > have a white screen with the X cursur, it is moving for 5 or so 
seconds
>  and
>  > > then locks up with nothing else happening. If I use linux acpi=off I 
get
>  > > occssional screen changes from black back to white, every
> now and 
then.
>  > >
>  > > The Radeon card appears to be recognised but not the Viewsonic 
monitor.
>  >
>  > A couple of things to try :
>  >
>  > Don't use the fb  'linux nofb'
>  > Install in text mode 'linux text'
>  >
>  > See http://fedora.artoo.net/faq  for more tips for your Radeon card.
>  >
>  > Cheers,
>  > Michael
>  >
>  >
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>  > http://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-test-list
>  >
>
>
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>

[Mike Larkin]

Try compiling XFree86-4.3.99.902 and use that instead. That fixed all my 
Radeon problems. I had odd and unexpected behavior using the stock RPMs.

-ml

Pete Bradbury wrote:

> Thanks for the linux text part that helped a lot
>
> I can now get through the root logon prompt although startx doesn't
>
> I tried to install the ati radeon drivers but got all sorts of errors during
> compilation. I think I may now have picked up the wron ones _ I have the
> XFree86 4.3.0 - is that correct?
>
> In any case after trying that RPM I can get throuigh top the GUI logo and
> enter root and password. The screen clears to fedora cora and what looks
> like it should be a progress bar - but then hangs.
>
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Michael Kearey" <mutk(a)iprimus.com.au&gt;
> To: <fedora-test-list(a)redhat.com&gt;
> Sent: Saturday, January 24, 2004 12:58 PM
> Subject: Re: naconda White Out - no install
>
>
>   
>
> >Pete Bradbury wrote:
> >    
> >
> >>Setup
> >>      
> >>
> ><snip>
> >    
> >
> >>Viewsonic vp211b tft
> >>ATI Radeon 9800 pro 256mb
> >>      
> >>
> ><snip>
> >    
> >
> >>When I try to install Fedora it enters the Anaconda phase and
> >>      
> >>
> momentarily I
>   
>
> >>have a white screen with the X cursur, it is moving for 5 or so seconds
> >>      
> >>
> and
>   
>
> >>then locks up with nothing else happening. If I use linux acpi=off I get
> >>occssional screen changes from black back to white, every now and then.
> >>
> >>The Radeon card appears to be recognised but not the Viewsonic monitor.
> >>      
> >>
> >A couple of things to try :
> >
> >Don't use the fb  'linux nofb'
> >Install in text mode 'linux text'
> >
> >See http://fedora.artoo.net/faq  for more tips for your Radeon card.
> >
> >Cheers,
> >Michael
> >
> >
> >-- 
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> &gt;fedora-test-list(a)redhat.com
> >http://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-test-list
> >
> >    
> >
>
>
>   
>

[Gene C.]

On Saturday 24 January 2004 07:11, Pete Bradbury wrote:
>  Setup
>  AMD64 fx-51
>  asus sk8n-404
>  1 gig RAM
>  80gig ide
>  Viewsonic vp211b tft
>  ATI Radeon 9800 pro 256mb 
OK, my setup is:

Opteron 140
ASUS SK8N
2 GB ram
120GB ide
Dell Fp2000 (digital)
ATI Radeon 9100

I have test1 (and previously preview) up and running just fine.  A couple of 
points however:

1.  I had to connect the Dell flat panel display directly to the DVI-D 
connection rather than though my Belkin KVM.  The ASUS bios does some strange 
things and I would get nothing displayed via the switched D-SUB connection.

2. The gcc compiler as distributed (-5) has a bug where the compiler loops.  
There is an upstream patch available (see bugzilla) which is also 
incorporated into gcc -6.  However, gcc -6 from rawhide/development also 
needs the rawhide glibc and that was too much to chew right now so I rebuilt 
my own copy of gcc with the patch applied.

3.  I am getting Oops 002 every so often (see bugzilla).

4. I am NOT running acpi=off ... maybe I should try it with the Oops I am 
getting ... they do not occur often and the system does not crash when they 
do occur.

5.  There are not enough i386 compatibility libraries installed to run very 
much and trying to add libraries after the install is a real challenge.

6.  The ethernet NIC on the motherboard is not automatically recognized ... 
you need manually specify sk98lin.

7.  On the whole it runs pretty good ... I am pleased.  However, I do wish 
that a lot i386 updates (both kinds) would be built for x86_64.
-- 
Gene