[Fedora] Problems installing Fedora core 6

David Vanfleet vanfleet at cedarview.net
Sat Dec 30 16:29:02 UTC 2006


Thanks for the comments... I'm using the basic xorg.conf file, but keep in mind that I CAN manually start X from within rescue mode. The only errors I can see are in Xorg.0.log and Xorg.setup.log:

  (EE) AIGLX: Screen 0 is not DRI capable
  Could not init font path element unix/:7100, removing from list!

Does anyone know what this error means? or if this is what's causing my system to hang?

After the installation the system reboots so that setup can continue, this is where I'm having the problem.

Thanks,
David
  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Paulo Cavalcanti 
  To: fedora-list at redhat.com 
  Sent: Saturday, December 30, 2006 4:02 AM
  Subject: Re: [Fedora] Problems installing Fedora core 6


>David Vanfleet writes:>> Hi,>> I'm trying to get Fedora core 6 installed on my system and I'm having>> some>> problems. I got through the initial installation, got to the part where
>> it>> tells me to remove the media and reboot the system to continue. When the>> system reboots it locks up at the time that X windows starts (or shortly>> after). I see the "X" curser for only a moment then it goes away and I
>> get>> a blank screen and nothing else. I then booted up the system in "rescue">> mode and manually started X Windows without any problems (running>> startx).>> I'm upgrading this system from Fedora Core 4, which has been running
>> without problems for some time.>>>> Any ideas what could be happening here? Any help here would be>> appreciated.
  Generally, X crashes either because of mouse or video configuration. 
  FC6 uses a minimalist xorg.conf by default, and loads everything automatically.
  If it works, good, otherwise you have to change it.
  I would boot using any live distribution not based on xorg 7.1
  (FC5, systemrescue-cd, knoppix, etc...) 
  and try to change xorg.conf. 
  If you use a LCD, do not connect it using a VGA port. Preferably,
  use a real CRT while fixing xorg.conf.

  I still have the xorg.conf generated when I installed FC6 from scratch. 
  Very small indeed, but completely different from the one I use now.

  /Paulo Roma.

  # Xorg configuration created by pyxf86config

  Section "ServerLayout"
          Identifier     "Default Layout" 
          Screen      0  "Screen0" 0 0
          InputDevice    "Keyboard0" "CoreKeyboard"
  EndSection

  Section "InputDevice"
          Identifier  "Keyboard0" 
          Driver      "kbd"
          Option      "XkbModel" "pc105"
          Option      "XkbLayout" "us"
  EndSection

  Section "Device"
          Identifier  "Videocard0" 
          Driver      "nv"
  EndSection

  Section "Screen"
          Identifier "Screen0"
          Device     "Videocard0"
          DefaultDepth     24
          SubSection "Display" 
                  Viewport   0 0
                  Depth     24
          EndSubSection
  EndSection
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