Problems installing FC5-x86_64 on DELL Optiplex GX520

[Jānis]

Citēju Jānis <je at ktf.rtu.lv>:

> 1. the system is unable to reboot itself (it just hangs)
> 2. the system hangs at the login screen (i found it moving the mouse cursor
> around - when start process fires the login manager, mouse freezes. Only
> reset
> helps
>
> I (wanted to) use PAM and it seems to me that the system understands domain
> authorization but i had no chance to try it.
>
> what' under the skin of GX520:
> 512 RAM, PATA harddrive, 3GHz P4 with EM64T, onboard video

what i found:

1. system message bus is hanging at the start
2. after disabling of it, system is starting in mode 3
3. trying to start X leads to kernel panic (it seems that there are some
problems with hyperthreading/EM64t)
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