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  2. Posted

    Dear Friends,

     

    now I am trying to install Fedora4 but anaconda stops very soon.

     

    My Hardware:

    Dell Dimension 8400

    Chipset Intel 925X Express ICH6-R

    Intel Pentium 4 540 HT 3.20 GHZ

    1 GB Memory

    1 SATA HardDrive 160 GB

    256MB nVidia GeForce 6800

    My Software:

    WindowsXP SP2

    Fedora FC3

     

    I work satisfactorily with both OSs.

    (By the way,I installed and re-installed Fedora3 in graphic mode

    many times: no problem at all)

     

    Now I try to install Fedora4.

     

    1. In graphic mode (no options):

     

    The installer tells me:

    Probing video card: NVIDIA Unknown (generic) (see below ***)

    Probing for monitor type: Unknown monitor

    Probing for mouse type: Generic 3 buttons mouse (PS/2)

    Attempting to start native X server

    Waiting for X server to start ...

    1..2..

     

    At this point the screen goes blank (i.e. black) for about 10 seconds

    then a bad video appears (pale colors, reticular), then a big "Fedora" title over it, then all stops and hangs

     

    2. Then I tried booting "linux text"

     

    The installation went well, all packages were installed (everything),

    but when tried to reboot, again the screen got lost and the system stopped

     

    3. I tried "linux resolution=xxxxx" but the results were similar to those of case 1 above

     

    4. Unsuccessful also the attempts "linux noprobe" "linux nofb nousb"

     

    I bought two different magazines with two different Fedora 4 DVDs: both show the same behaviour.

     

    What can I do? I didn't find in the Web (until now) a complaint

    about a problem like this.

     

    Vito Di Blas

    e-mail: vitodiblas@iol.it

     

    (***) Here the installer of Fedora3 writes:

    Probing video card: VESA driver (generic)

     

     

     

     

  3. Posted

    Hi danleff,

    thanks for your fast reply.

    I read and tried unsuccessfully the hints of the two articles.

     

    The procedure suggested there:

    Control+Alt+F1

    Enter as root

    Enter telinit 3 (or: init 3)

     

    gives the same result on Fedora3/Dimension8400 (i.e. blank screen, 6 lines after hitting enter, shutdown after ControlAltDel)

    (Note that also the above new procedure works well

    on RedHat6.2/OldPC instead)

     

    Vito Di Blas

     

    e-mail: vitodiblas@iol.it

     

     

  4. Posted

    Dear Friends,

    I am new to this forum (to be true it's the first time that

    I post a message to a forum)

    I would like to know your opinion about a behaviour of my

    Linux System that I don't understand

     

    My Hardware:

    Dell Dimension 8400

    Chipset Intel 925X Express ICH6-R

    Intel Pentium 4 540 HT 3.20 GHZ

    1 GB Memory

    1 SATA HardDrive 160 GB

    256MB nVidia GeForce 6800

    My Software:

    WindowsXP SP2

    Fedora FC3

     

    I work satisfactorily with both OSs.

    (I say "satisfactorily" because I could not install the nVidia

    driver in FC3, but this is a problem we might speak of, in case, later)

     

    My current problem is:

     

    I boot Fedora (choosing "Combination" in BIOS)

    I login as "vito"

    I open an Xterminal

    I switch to superuser:

    > su -

    Password: **********

    At the next prompt I write:

    > telinit 3

    in order to switch to text mode and restart as root.

    At this point I would expect a login prompt, as I was used to in the past

    with a RedHat6.2 and a Matrox card on an homemade PC.

    Instead, the screen goes blank (i.e. black) and the system looks

    idle or stopped (no disk activity).

    Pressing the "enter" key, the following 6 lines appear on the screen:

    Starting pcmcia: [OK]

    Starting irqbalance: [OK]

    Starting lm_sensors: [OK]

    Starting automount:No Mountpoints defined [OK]

    Starting hpoj: [OK]

    Starting anacron: [OK]

    with the cursor blinking at the left, under the last line.

    Again the system appears idle.

    Pressing CONTROL-ALT-DEL the system closes (several lines with

    "Shutting" prefix) and shuts down.

     

    Is it a bug? Should I do some special setting in the BIOS?

     

    I will apppreciate any comment or suggestion. I feel the Dimension8400

    (configured as above) oriented mainly to Windows. Am I wrong?

    Thanks and Greetings

     

    Vito

     

    e-mail: vitodiblas@iol.it

     

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