FC1 Install _appeared_ to work, BUT...
akonstam at trinity.edu
akonstam at trinity.edu
Tue Aug 17 14:46:17 UTC 2004
On Mon, Aug 16, 2004 at 02:22:52PM -0700, Kevin Wang wrote:
> Well, we could use lots more information
>
> how much memory
> what make/model of laptop (at least cpu and graphics).
> what sort of messages do make it to screen?
> also, the init test that razvan posted would be extremely useful.
>
> - Kevin
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Razvan Corneliu C.R. VILT <razvan.vilt at linux360.ro>
> Date: Mon, 16 Aug 2004 16:45:38 -0300
> Subject: Re: FC1 Install _appeared_ to work, BUT...
> To: Pa2U <pa.bell at comcast.net>, For users of Fedora Core releases
> <fedora-list at redhat.com>
>
>
>
> Pa2U wrote:
>
> Greetings all
>
> 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?
>
> <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).
>
> 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???
>
> Humbly,
Well I would not try to upgrade from 7.3 to fedora. I would save what
I want to save somewhere else and then install fedora from scratch and
reload the backup. There are too many differences as incompatibilities
between these distributions.
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