Fedora Core 3 refuses to install

[Jim Cornette]

crackhoar wrote:
> I'm pretty new to the whoe Linux thing, so maybe I'm missing
> something
huge here. I currently have a working version of Fedora Core 2
installed, but when I put in the Core 3 installation CD, everything
works fine until I get to the point where theres mouse input. The screen
just goes black for a moment after the X shaped mouse cursor appears and
then a bunch of randomly colored vertical lines appear on the screen and
it hangs there. After this happened the first time, I did the media test
for all four CDs and it came back as a PASS for all four. It seems to me
that I haven't had enough time to input anything wrong into this
installation procedure, so does anyone have any idea what the problem is?
> 
> 

I've seen the large square that moves when the mouse is repositioned. My 
problem was related to dual display though.

You are experiencing an xorg-x11 problem in the installer. You might 
trying an upgrade/install through running 'Linux text' at the installer 
prompt. This will install or upgrade your installation.

Before you attempt the upgrade / install, you might check bugzilla for 
bug reports and the possible workarounds used for people with your type 
of video card.

The output of '/sbin/lspci' ought to list your videocard tye and you can 
start the search there.

If you post the output rom running lspci, someone might have similar 
hardware and have a workaround here also.

Good luck with getting past your problem.

Jim


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