Installing FC5 x86_64 With Nvidia GeForce 6800 Ultra

[Jonathan Berry]

On 3/24/06, Robert L Cochran <cochranb at speakeasy.net> wrote:
> I just tried to install FC5 x86_64 using both DVD and an NFS image
> install on my wife's Athlon 64 machine which is equipped with:
>
> Nvidia GeForce 6800 Ultra video card
> Dell 2405FPW flat panel monitor (which includes a whole bunch of flash
> card readers, USB and sound ports)
>
> When the DVD boots up the boot: screen image shows just fine.
> typing 'linux mediacheck' or 'linux askmethod' at the boot: prompt also
> works fine until anaconda tries to bring up X.
>
> The graphical X installer wouldn't come up at all. Text utilities such
> as mediacheck work fine.
>
> This means I can't install in graphical mode at all.

Have you tried a text install?
linux text
Note: you can install X and all things graphical from a text install. 
No, not ideal, but it may work (which is better than nothing).

> I see from checking the postings that the problem is kernel-related and
> a new kernel is expected. How do I get the install to work -- do it in
> text mode and update to a newer kernel? Is there a way to get anaconda
> to boot with a substitute kernel not on the installation CD?

No, that is a different issue for post-install.  It doesn't affect the
open-source nv driver used by the installer, only the binary nvidia
driver you might want after installing.  There should be a kernel
update which fixes this bug sometime soon.

Jonathan