New boot failure

Gene Heskett gene.heskett at verizon.net
Wed Apr 28 02:00:19 UTC 2010


On Tuesday 27 April 2010, Ed Greshko wrote:
>On 04/28/2010 09:15 AM, Gene Heskett wrote:
>> Greetings all;
>>
>> My shiney new F13-beta 64 bit install on my HP dv5120u laptop is now
>> failing, losing all response to a plugged in mouse, the touch pad and
>> keyboard at about the time it draws the bottom bar on the screen, showing
>> only the 4 workspace icons and the trash can.  No other buttons or menu
>> icons get drawn.
>>
>> The HD activity led is stuck on.
>>
>> The only response is to the power button after the 4 second delay.
>>
>> Is there a recommended way to recover?  It has been fired up about every
>> 3 days to install updates, but is otherwise as installed, so it could be
>> considered a failed test.
>
>FWIW, F13-Beta issues are probably best addressed/reported in
>test at lists.fedoraproject.org.  I'm pretty sure the testing community
>would appreciate it.

I am not subscribed to that list Ed, and my list pane of kmail already 
overflows the height of the screen.  Could you fwd it please?

-- 
Cheers, Gene
"There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty:
 soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order."
-Ed Howdershelt (Author)
BOFH excuse #143:

had to use hammer to free stuck disk drive heads.


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