Boot hangs after fresh install

Mon Jan 3 14:57:44 UTC 2005

It looks like it is hanging when it's probing my monitor.  On reboot,
if I unplug my monitor it allows the boot process to continue.  I have
not figured out a way around this, but it is a relatively minor
inconvenience.

I also had a problem with X coming up.  Making the changes to
/etc/X11/xorg.conf from 16-bit to 24-bit solved that problem for me. 
Changed "DefaultDepth" entry from 16 to 24.

Thanks very much for the help and suggestions,
Ned

On Sun, 2 Jan 2005 22:33:26 -0800 (PST), Lin Tse Hsu <evfreek at yahoo.com> wrote:
> 
> --- Darren Coleman <daz at superficial.net> wrote:
> 
> > You could try installing Red Hat 9 and see if that
> > boots.  That's basically
> > what I did.
> >
> > I know it's not a solution, but it's a good way of
> > determining whether
> > Fedora Core (or rather kernel 2.6.x+) is
> > incompatible with your hardware
> > configuration.
> >
> > If I find out any more info I'll let you know, but I
> > went over this so many
> > times and eventually lost the will to live and
> > stayed with RH9. :(
> >
> > Daz
> >
> >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: Ned Voorhees [mailto:ned.voorhees at gmail.com]
> > > Sent: 02 January 2005 12:07
> > > To: Darren Coleman
> > > Cc: For users of Fedora Core releases; Dave Jones
> > > Subject: Re: Boot hangs after fresh install
> > >
> > > Hi Darren,
> > > Thanks for responding.  I am still stuck on this
> > one.  Any suggestions
> > > are welcome!
> > >
> > > The machine I'm using for this is very old.  The
> > configuration is as
> > > follows:
> > > IBM Aptiva Model # 2163-540
> > > PII 350MHz(512KB)
> > > 128MB RAM
> > > 10GB HDD IDE PCI/ISA
> > > Microtwr(3X4)
> > > Riva 4X DVD
> > >
> > > Thanks,
> > > Ned
> > >
> > > On Sun, 2 Jan 2005 12:02:12 -0000, Darren Coleman
> > <daz at superficial.net>
> > > wrote:
> > > > Hi,
> > > >
> > > > I'm not sure if this will be any help to you
> > really, I just thought I'd
> > > > share my experiences.
> > > >
> > > > I too tried installing Fedora Core (2) on my
> > "old" Linux PC, which is
> > > pretty
> > > > basic in terms of configuration - one hard
> > drive, graphics card, Athlon
> > > > 1.3Ghz Thunderbird processor, no sound card or
> > other peripherals, 768Mb
> > > of
> > > > RAM.
> > > >
> > > > After I had installed Fedora in exactly the same
> > way as you and
> > > rebooted,
> > > > the boot process hung at exactly the same point.
> >  I tried all kinds of
> > > > kernel boot parameters to no avail.
> > > >
> > > > In the end, on a whim, I installed Red Hat 9
> > which worked flawlessly
> > > first
> > > > time.
> > > >
> > > > I upgraded the kernel on my Red Hat 9
> > installation to a recent version
> > > of
> > > > the 2.6 kernel, a process I have done countless
> > times on other systems,
> > > and
> > > > when I booted the new kernel it got stuck at
> > exactly the same position
> > > as
> > > > Fedora Core did.  It wasn't kernel panic'ing or
> > anything like that, it
> > > > wasn't even getting to the first step.
> > > >
> > > > The only thing I could conclude was that there
> > was some serious hardware
> > > > incompatibility between my system and the 2.6.x
> > kernel.  From the sounds
> > > of
> > > > it you have the same problem.
> > > >
> > > > I would be interested to know what your hardware
> > configuration is so I
> > > can
> > > > compare it against mine, as I would like to
> > install and use Fedora
> > > > successfully at some point.
> > > >
> > > > Regards,
> > > >
> > > > Darren
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > > -----Original Message-----
> > > > > From: fedora-list-bounces at redhat.com
> > [mailto:fedora-list-
> > > > > bounces at redhat.com] On Behalf Of Ned Voorhees
> > > > > Sent: 01 January 2005 20:16
> > > > > To: Dave Jones
> > > > > Cc: For users of Fedora Core releases
> > > > > Subject: Re: Boot hangs after fresh install
> > > > >
> > > > > Thanks very much Dave.
> > > > >
> > > > > I was able to remove the "quiet" as you
> > suggested.  The boot process
> > > > > messages look good up until I see the message
> > "Configuring kernel
> > > > > parameters:" on a line by itself.  That is the
> > last message that I see
> > > > > when it hangs.  I can hit return and see line
> > feeds at this point, but
> > > > > nothing else seems to be going on (no hard
> > drive activity, etc.).
> > > > >
> > > > > Any further thoughts or suggestions (Dave or
> > anyone else)?
> > > > >
> > > > > Thanks for your help,
> > > > > Ned
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > > On Sat, 1 Jan 2005 14:55:23 -0500, Dave Jones
> > <davej at redhat.com>
> > > wrote:
> > > > > > On Sat, Jan 01, 2005 at 02:50:42PM -0500,
> > Ned Voorhees wrote:
> > > > > > > Below are the messages shown on the screen
> > at boot time:
> > > > > > > --- snip ---
> > > > > > > Booting 'Fedora Core (2.6.9-1.667)'
> > > > > > > root (hd0,0)
> > > > > > > Filesystem type is ext2fs, partition type
> > 0x83
> > > > > > > kernel /vmlinuz-2.6.9-1.667 ro
> > root=/dev/VolGroup00/LogVol00 rhgb
> > > > > quiet
> > > > > > >   [Linux-bzImage, setup=0z1400,
> > size=0x155da5]
> > > > > > > initrd /initrd-2.6.9-1.667.img
> > > > > > >   [Linux-initrd at 0x7ef3000, 0xecfed bytes]
> > > > > > > --- snip ---
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > The above is all that is shown on the
> > screen when the boot process
> > > > > > > hangs.  If anyone has any suggestions on
> > what I might want to do
> > > or
> > > > > > > check, I would very much appreciate it.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > When you get to the bootloader screen, if
> > you press 'e' you
> > > > > > can edit the command line, and remove
> > 'quiet' from it.
> > > > > > You'll then see all the kernel messages, and
> > see exactly where
> > > > > > it hangs.
> > > > > >
> > > > > >                Dave (hating 'quiet' more and
> > more each day)
> > > > > >
> > > > > >
> > > > >
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> === message truncated ===
> 
> I have found that if the boot process hangs at the
> "quota" line, it is Xorg that is failing.  Get a card
> that is known to work and configures easily, boot in
> rescue mode, and Xorg -configure.  If the resulting
> xorg.conf gets you past the line, you have found the
> problem.
> 
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