f13 beta

shmuel siegel fedora at shmuelhome.mine.nu
Sun Mar 21 08:28:32 UTC 2010


Having found an f13 beta (TC0) on the public server I decided to see 
what it would do. For my hardware, it is certainly not ready. The 
relevant parts of my hardware are:

AMD Athlon Dual core 3800+

GEForce 6100

MSI-7252 motherboard


Here are the symptoms with an x64 dvd install.

1) In normal mode, after choosing keyboard and language, the video just 
started putting out noise.

2) Retrying with basic driver

     a) The various screens skipped the one that lets me choose the 
install device. Instead it asked me which of my hard drives contained 
the install image. Hitting the back button let me choose a dvd install.

     b) X failed to initialize so the install automatically reverted to 
text mode.

     c) Anaconda detected an existing f12 so it offered me the choice of 
updating or reinstalling(whatever that means since 12!=13). It did not 
offer me a choice to install a new version. When I chose reinstall, it 
went through the motion of package resolution so I abandoned. I didn't 
want to override my existing f12 partition.


I haven't submitted any bug reports yet. Which, if any, of these 
symptoms require one? Did I jump the gun and use a version which wasn't 
meant for external testing?




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