FC5_64 fails to start

[Kam Leo]

On 4/17/06, Kam Leo <kam.leo at gmail.com> wrote:
> On 4/17/06, Stephen Liu <satimis at yahoo.com> wrote:
> > Hi Kam,
> >
> > > If you can get the 32-bit veriosn of FC5 to install and work on your
> > > system then the problem is the conversion of the drivers to the
> > > 64-bit
> > > world.
> >
> > As advised installed 32-bit version FC5.  Installation went through
> > without problem.  Gnome desktop started.
> >
> > Mouse pointer still hung during working.
> >
> > B.R.
> > SL
> >
>
> Perform a yum update to get the latest packages and reboot with the
> newest kernel.  See if the updates fix your problem. If not, search
> the list archives. I seem to recall that some Nvidia users may need to
> turn off acceleration to make xorg-x11 work properly.
>

I did a quick search and found a thread where one user had a mouse
cursor problem. Here was the solution offered:

"had a similar problem on a system that uses an nVidia chipset.  The
workaround is to disable the hardware cursor in your X configuration."

You might give that a try.