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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Hello again</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Thank you (all) for taking the time to help me
out! As Razvan's was the first I r'c'd I started trying his
suggestions. Initially that seemed to accomplish zilch as it ended up at
the same blank screen w/ a visible mouse pointer that moves normally within the
extents of the screen (but clicking does nothing). </FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><GRUB.CONF cont's:></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV>default=1<BR>timeout=10<BR>splashimage=(hd0,1)/grub/splash.xpm.gz<BR>title
Fedora Core (2.4.22-1.2115.nptl)<BR>root (hd0,1)<BR>kernel
/vmlinuz-2.4.22-1.2115.nptl ro root=LABEL=/ hdc=ide-scsi rhgb<BR>initrd
/initrd-2.4.22-1.2115.nptl.img<BR>title DOS<BR>rootnoverify
(hd0,0)<BR>chainloader +1</DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></GRUB.CONF></FONT><BR></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Just as a shot in the dark I tried a slight mod on
take two: I removed the "rhgb" on the 2nd line and replaced it w/
"single." That resulted in a boot to text mode - except it was IDing
itself as RHL7.3??? Too weird! Init 3 at that point (if I am
remembering the late-last-night session correctly) got me a prompt for login,
which I followed by a startx that brought up a semi-functional GUI (where lots
of apps-behind-icons don't work (ie Mozilla, hardware browser). Now that
it's semi-running I am reluctant to reboot or make changes that would let it
slip away before answering whatever other Q's you might have (or further
suggestions) - so it sits, waiting quietly.... As weird as it sounds it
might be interesting to see if I can reproduce what I'm reporting, but maybe not
worth the time. I have noticed a brief ErrMsg about the PCMCIA config as
text lines report progress on bootup, but that's the only line I've seen that
doesn't result in the [OK]. Something about pin 5, perhaps? I didn't
finger that would be THE cause of GUI malfunction.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I would have liked to have harvested info from the
hardware browser to answer Kevin Wang's RFC+ concisely, particularly since this
might also explain why I haven't tried FC2 on the Vaio. (I do have FC2 on
a desktop PC here, though.) Now I'm wondering what crossed-up kludge I
have going on, and the offload/nuke/reinstall looks like the sane
approach.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Trying to update things w/ up2date seems like it
was about my dumbest blunder. Lots of things started to glitch at that
point.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>At this point I think I should try to finger how to
save things across to desktop so I can blow away part'n and reinstall - unless
anyone has a better idea??? It's not that easy to fit that in right now,
but it seems the most likely sol'n to me. SCP, eh? Do I need to keep
anything but my directory under /home/ ?? Like hdwe config to refer
to?</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I've exceeded my bandwidth here, I think; or
perhaps my quota of stupid questions. Maybe I just need more
coffee....</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Thanks again,</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Pa</FONT></DIV>
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style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: black"><B>From:</B>
<A title=razvan.vilt@linux360.ro href="mailto:razvan.vilt@linux360.ro">Razvan
Corneliu C.R. VILT</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A title=pa.bell@comcast.net
href="mailto:pa.bell@comcast.net">Pa2U</A> ; <A title=fedora-list@redhat.com
href="mailto:fedora-list@redhat.com">For users of Fedora Core releases</A>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Monday, August 16, 2004 12:45
PM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: FC1 Install _appeared_ to
work, BUT...</DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV>Pa2U wrote:
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Greetings all</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I used to run RHL7.3, dual booting, on a Sony
Vaio laptop. When I tried to upgrade to FC1 I seemed to be successful
except that quite a few apps and utils on the GUI did absolutely nothing
when I clicked them. When I tried to "fix" such anomalies by updating
(via up2date) I really shot myself in the foot, it seems. Things went
from bad to worse so I tried to reinstall FC1 from the CDs (which check OK
by media check). Although that install went without hitch, bootup now
ends up with only a mouse pointer on a blank screen. The pointer
moves, over the entire screen, at least. Unfortunately, that will only
amuse me for 30 to 40 minutes at a stretch. I really should expand my
horizons and search for more, don't you agree?</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><Ctrl><Alt><F##> does
nothing, and my MCSE training has left me ill prepared for real computer
diagnosis that I now need. I don't even know how to force a boot into
text mode, much less how to figure out where my Xwindows config went wrong
(as it used to work, and I can still find my old files on the
HD).</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Now that I let the cat out of the bag regarding
my perspective of experience I will expect the (perhaps deserved) hazing for
ever having had any affiliation w/ Big Bill, but that's another story.
Can any compassionate soul out there point me in a reasonable direction to
diagnose this and get back in operational mode, please and thank
you???</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Humbly,</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Pa</FONT></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE>well... lets see...
for a text mode boot you probably need to add the single parameter to the
kernel in grub (select the entry, press e (or p for password if you have one
and then e), select the second line, press e again and add single at the end
of the line). this should leave you in front of a command promt in runlevel 1
(sort of command prompt only safe-mode in windows but without the GUI). to
start everything except the GUI you might want to switch now to runlevel 3
("init 3" is the command). Try posting any errors you see from now on to the
list and well se how we can help you.<BR><BR>BTW, why Fedora Core 1 and not
Fedora Core 2?<BR><BR>Cheers,<BR>d3vi1<BR></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>