Fedora 7 keeps locking up

[Karl Larsen]

R A Jon Hamelin wrote:
>>
>> R A Jon Hamelin wrote:
>>> I am trying to run F7 on an ASUS P4S800D-X motherboard with SIS 
>>> 655FX chipset. Installation goes OK, however when I reboot the 
>>> system locks up when trying to run First Boot. 
>> Karl wrote:
>
>> This sounds like a real hardware problem. There is something on the 
>> motherboard that is not happy with the fedora setup. Did you setup 
>> Fedora in the graphic mode, not the text mode?
>>
>>    Confusing because the DVD is being used to load the system...I 
>> wonder if somehow the DVD currupted some files? Having the same 
>> problem on both motherboards points to the DVD as the problem. Why 
>> you could not load the Live F7 CD is interesting. Tell us more about 
>> that.
>>
>>    Interested because I will recieve a new motherboard on Thurday and 
>> sure hope Ferdora 7 will run on it.
>>
>>
>>
>>
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>>> I sometimes receive an error message in regard to ATA2 not 
>>> initializing, sometimes the mouse and keyboard lock. The only device 
>>> attached to ATA2 is an LG HL-DT-STDVD-RAM GSA-H22N DVD burner. My 2 
>>> hard drives are SATA.
>>>
>>> I can access the OS via rescue mode on the DVD, can run X in chroot, 
>>> have checked the log files for Anaconda and can find no clue as to 
>>> why the system is locking up. It recognizes the DVD burner as ATA66, 
>>> which it is and confirms that it is on ATA2.
>>>
>>> I had the same problem installing F7 86_64 on an ASUS P5B-VM DO with 
>>> the same model DVD Burner. I finally succeeded in installing on this 
>>> mb by loading the Live CD into RAM and installing from there. This 
>>> tactic did not work for F7 i386, and the P4S800D-X, unfortunately.
>>>
>>> Has anyone else encountered a similar problem?  I thought that the 
>>> fact that this drive uses UDMA-4 rather than UDMA-2 may have been 
>>> the problem , so I reset the drive in BIOS to use UDMA-2, also 
>>> without success.
>>>
>>> The puzzling part of this is that I can install and run  ubuntu with 
>>> absolutely  no problems, and I dual-boot into XP with no problems
>>>
>>> I have been messing with this problem for over 2 weeks now and have 
>>> not found a resolution. Any help or suggestions would be greatly 
>>> appreciated as I would rather keep all of my setup in Fedora.
>>> Thanks,
>>>
>>> Jon
>>>
>>
>>
>> -- 
>>
>>     Karl F. Larsen, AKA K5DI
>>     Linux User
>>     #450462   http://counter.li.org. 
> Hi Karl:
>
> Thanks for the quick response.
>
> I pulled the DVD burner in question and replaced it with one that I 
> know works with F7. Same issue +. Now, upon reboot, I get the message 
> "Overclocking failed. Press F1 to enter setup". The system has never 
> been overclocked, so I don't know where this came from. In addition 
> the system clock is reset and behind by 6 or 7 hours
>
> The media has passed the preinstall test, the burners are used on 
> other systems with F7 & FC6 with no issues. The F7_live_i386 loads 
> fine on the machine in question, however, locks after installing, 
> rebooting and running First Boot. This is my first use of a chipset 
> other than Intel, and am wondering if it is the SiS chipset??
    Sorry I can't help with a SiS chipset. But it might be the problem 
if the other computers are using Intel motherboards. I went to the SiS 
web page and this was first:

*WELCOME TO SiS DOWNLOAD CENTER*

* *
*Agreement*
We only manufacture chipsets for Mainboards/VGA cards, but do not 
assemble boards or cards for retail use. Retail board and card 
manufacturers often customize SiS chipsets' hardware and software to 
suit their particular system or configuration, so drivers on this site 
may not work for your particular system.
Your manufacturer is the best source of information for product 
information and support. We suggest you obtain technical assistance from 
your board or card manufacturer first before installing SiS drivers.

SiS does not guarantee the proper functionality of these drivers on your 
customized systems and we assume no responsibility for any problems 
occur upon the installation of SiS drivers.


This makes me really wonder about SiS. It could be the root cause of 
your trouble.




>
> Once I installed the F7_live_86_64 from ram on the P5B-VM DO, ( Intel 
> Q965 Express) I had no further problems. I have burned close to 50 
> DVD's with the LG burner and no coasters, so I wonder.
>
> I would like to donate the PIII that this machine will be replacing in 
> time for the new school year, but need the replacement up and running 
> before this can happen.
>
> Thanks,
> Jon


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	Karl F. Larsen, AKA K5DI
	Linux User
	#450462   http://counter.li.org.