Install fails with Xorg segfault on fc17

[Alex]

Hi,

>> Turns out I was able to get it to install by choosing the second
>> option, Troubleshooting, then choosing "Use Basic VGA", which must
>> just load a basic VGA Xorg driver.
>>
> Glad it worked for you, I tried the basic graphics (uses VESA xdriver),
> which didn't work, removed the "nomodeset" option which then got me to a
> nice GNOME3 wallpaper but no login or apps,

Have you tried switching terminals to see if it's printed any
debugging info that might indicate what the problem might be? Check
out /tmp/X.log as well.

> I substituted the radeon xdriver
> fot VESA with the same results. I tried manually setting the VESA

How did you do that?

> resolution. I tried swearing at it. I think I can safely say that neither
> fc16 nor fc17 are going to ever install on this machine, fc11 with selected
> security upgrade forever.

fc18 should be out in a day or so, assuming there are no further
delays. At the least, the vnc install option should be available.

Regards,
Alex