Horrible problems trying to run Linux on my hardware

[Bob Chiodini]

On Tue, 2004-02-03 at 13:32, xyzzy at hotpop.com wrote:

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> On Tuesday 03 February 2004 7:45 pm, Bob Chiodini wrote:
> > On Tue, 2004-02-03 at 12:31, xyzzy at hotpop.com wrote:
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> > > On Tuesday 03 February 2004 6:10 pm, Wade Hampton wrote:
> > > > xyzzy at hotpop.com wrote:
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> > > > >Greetings,
> > > > >
> > > > >Hardware:
> > > > >ASUS motherboard with 82801EB Intel chipset (865G video,
> 82562EZ
> > >
> > > LAN),
> > >
> > > > >Hyperthread support, Enhanced P-ATA/S-ATA, USB 2.0.
> > > > >1 GB ram
> > > > >Intel Pentium 4 2.4 GHz
> > > > >3 harddisks, first one is the boot disk using Windows XP Pro
> (with
> > >
> > > dual
> > >
> > > > > boot off of the third disk for Linux using XP boot manager)
> UDMA
> > >
> > > 2, the
> > >
> > > > > other two are UDMA 5, the last disk being for Linux with /,
> /boot,
> > >
> > > /var
> > >
> > > > > and swap partitions).
> > > > >LG DVD/CD-RW combo
> > > > >Adaptec SCSI 2930 PCI card
> > > > >[snip]
> > > > >
> > > > >I managed to upgrade the system using the Internet until
> everything
> > >
> > > was at
> > >
> > > > > "0 updates needed".  It was still VERY slow and I had a few
> times
> > >
> > > where
> > >
> > > > > the system froze completely, necessitating a press of the
> reset
> > >
> > > button.
> > >
> > > > This crash sounds like it could be the Fedora SMP kernel issue
> that
> > >
> > > has
> > >
> > > > been discussed on this list and RedHat's bugzilla.  You might
> want
> > >
> > > to see:
> > > >     https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=109497
> > > >
> > > > Also look a the thread about
> > > >     Re: System lockup with SMP Kernel.
> > > >
> > > > As for the running slow, that is a different problem.
> > > > --
> > > > Wade Hampton
> > >
> > > Thanks for the reply...
> > >
> > > I seem to get from the bug reports and message threads that it
> could
> > > be ACPI
> > > or autofs.  If it IS ACPI, maybe this is the reason for my
> slowdown
> > > also.  I
> > > need to check and find out what what to do, but I can't do
> anything
> > > since I
> > > can't get back into X.  Any ideas on what I can do to get my X
> server
> > > back
> > > up?  This is the real problem for me right now...
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> > Have you tried turning off ACPI at boot up?  Type 'a' at the grub
> boot
> > screen and enter acpi=off to the kernel command line.
> >
> > Bob...
> 
> I'll try that.  What can I do about my X seg fault?  This is probably
> a 
> different issue related to Intel's new driver that doesn't work for
> me. How 
> do I recover from having a clobbered X server installation?  I think I
> have 
> all of the updated X rpms... just do rpm --force -Uvh X*.rpm?
> 
> I am also going to try running the 2.6.1 kernel from the rawhide and
> see if it 
> helps me.


The 2.6.1 kernel may help if it is an ACPI problem, might fix the X
issue too.

If not:

You could try setting your xserver to SVGA or vga.  Try:

Driver "SVGA" 
or 
Driver "vga"

in /etc/X11/XF86Config-4 (Section Device).  I'm not sure what is
provided by Fedora in addition to what got detected during installation.

Do the virtual consoles work (Alt-Cntl-F1 thru F6)?

Bob...


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