FC/6 Test 3 64bit Trouble
alan
alan at clueserver.org
Mon Sep 18 23:58:24 UTC 2006
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 at 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 at clueserver.org>
>>>> Reply-To: For testers of Fedora Core development releases
>>>> <fedora-test-list at redhat.com>
>>>> To: For testers of Fedora Core development releases
>>>> <fedora-test-list at redhat.com>
>>>> 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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