Install hangs at logo after running anaconda

Shaun Carter shaungcarter at charter.net
Thu May 27 02:41:46 UTC 2004


Is the "Disabling IRQ #3" causing any problems?  Is there something in 
the BIOS I can change to get around this?

shaungcarter at charter.net wrote:

>k, ran 'linux text' and 'linux reiserfs text', here's what I get 
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>running anaconda
>probing for video card type
>VESA
>probing for monitor type
>E70fb-3 pass
>probing for mouse type
>generic 3 button PS/2
>disabled irq #3
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>At which point, everything stops, no errors.  Unable to CTRL-ALT-Fn to another screen, can't type any characters either.
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>>>Try installing using 'linux text'...
>>>Good Luck,
>>>James Kosin
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>>First off, sorry about the munged thread header, can't reply from 
>>Thunderbird here at work.  Only through a web interface, next one will 
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>>Second, thanks James, will do.
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>>Still would like to know what happened in the GUI install though.  How 
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>>get a log or something saved so that I can troubleshoot that?  Would 
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>REALLY 
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>>like to file a bugzilla entry or solve it myself.  That's the biggest 
>>showstopper I've seen in my personal experience since 1996.  Never had 
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>a 
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>>problem installing before, just afterwards, and it's driving me nuts.
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