FC4-T1 Installs (Long)
Steve Fink
stevef at netvantix.com
Sun Mar 27 15:32:44 UTC 2005
Hardware:
Gigabyte GA-7VKMP
AMD Athlon XP Processor running at 1250mhz
Maxtor 80GB HDD
Sony DVD-RW
2 Realtec 81390 NICS
Software:
FC4-test1 on DVD from DVD.iso obtained from torrent.
Initial install was a Custom install choosing to allow Disk Druid to
partition the drives automatically using the entire HDD,
No Firewall (I like to add it later),
SELinux Disabled,
then adding Editors,
Authoring & Publishing,
Games and Entertainment,
Development Tools,
X Software Development,
Gnome Software Development,
Administration Tools and System Tools.
The install completed fine and everything looked as expected and I
rebooted.
RHGB started during the first boot and there were several errors about
Gtk.FALSE being deprecated and to use FALSE instead.
Firstboot did not start and I was unable to add an additional user.
I logged into the system as root, the system hung just after drawing the
cursor and background, I did not see the Splash Screen start. I allowed
the system to sit for approximately 10 minutes and nothing.
I did a CTRL+ALT+F2 and received a red background console and tried to
login. The login hung also, I moved back and forth between consoles and
received a psychedelic screen with fantastically colored vertical
stripes. I hit reset and rebooted the PC. After a second RHGB with the
same Gtk errors I once again logged in as root and received the splash
screen. I was able to add a user and logout. I then attempted a login
as the newly created user, to no avail.
I then started over this time choosing an Everything install.
I rebooted and was greeted with Firstboot and able to input a user.
I attempted a login as the user and waited. I never received a Splash
Screen. Moving through the consoles once again resulted in the vertical
lines.
I then wondered if the problems with the console and such could be
related to the Onboard S3 video.
I installed a Nvidia GeForce 3 Titanium card and booted the system.
RHGB failed and FC4 booted in text mode after booting GDM started as
expected and I logged in, the screen sat at the same place with no
splash screen for approximately 10 minutes.
I then moved through the consoles and was able to login with no
problems. All vertical lines were gone.
I went to bed at this point.
Returning after 6 hours of sleep did not change the login issue.
I am now going to reconfigure and try the install on an Intel processor
to aid in troubleshooting.
Best,
Steve
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