FC/6 Test 3 64bit Trouble

[David Burgess]

Previous installs of what?  FC6 Test releases or earlier versions.

I've not had any problems with this hardware since FC3.

This is strictly related to FC/6 Test 3 and it's not just this hardware.  I 
tried an install at work today on a machine with E-IDE drives and it failed 
miserably (same X related problem).  However I did successfully get a "linux 
text askmethod" installation.  That has not worked here at home.

>From: alan <alan at clueserver.org>
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>Subject: Re: FC/6 Test 3 64bit Trouble
>Date: Mon, 18 Sep 2006 15:33:51 -0700 (PDT)
>
>On Mon, 18 Sep 2006, David Burgess wrote:
>
>>Thanks Alan
>>
>>I'll try and try that if I ever get that far, however I'm having even more 
>>problems than that.
>>
>>During the install just after it announces it's searching for previous 
>>Fedora installations  X  hangs forever at that point.
>
>Have previous installs worked on this machine?  I have not seen that.  I am 
>using a AMD64 3700+ with 1 gig of ram and a nvidia 440go graphics card and 
>nforce3 sata chipset.
>
>>I've tried to start in "text" mode and it crashes completely leaving a lot 
>>of "giberish" (nice technical term) characters and informs me I need to 
>>reboot my computer.
>
>I get the X crash after I have fixed everything andf have gone through the 
>"first boot" screen.
>
>If I wiggle the mouse, it then tells me that the x server has died and 
>leads me through the steps to rebuild the X config.  That seems to fix the 
>rest of the issues.
>
>Linus refered to this sort of problem as a "paper bag bug".  That is a bug 
>so bad that when released makes the developer want to wear a paper bag over 
>their head so they will not be recognised.
>
>>I haven't had this much trouble since Redhat 5.  This seems more like a 
>>test 1 than what is supposed to be in fact a release candidate.
>
>I have not seen one this obnoxious since Slackware 3.0.
>
>>
>>I'm running a
>>
>>ASUS A8N-E
>>2G of RAM
>>Athlon 64 3400
>>Dual WD Raptor SATA I drives
>>NVidia GeForce 6600 GT video card
>>
>>Installation media is fine and I've tried two different ones (DVD's that 
>>is).
>>
>>>From: alan <alan at clueserver.org>
>>>Reply-To: For testers of Fedora Core development releases 
>>><fedora-test-list at redhat.com>
>>>To: For testers of Fedora Core development releases 
>>><fedora-test-list at redhat.com>
>>>Subject: Re: FC/6 Test 3 64bit Trouble
>>>Date: Mon, 18 Sep 2006 14:08:37 -0700 (PDT)
>>>
>>>On Mon, 18 Sep 2006, David Burgess wrote:
>>>
>>>>Has anyone gotten the x86_64 Test 3 to install from the DVD on a box 
>>>>with SATA drives?
>>>
>>>Yes.
>>>
>>>Here is the trick to get it to work.
>>>
>>>Install as normal.  (If you already have an install you can skip this 
>>>step. ]:> )
>>>
>>>Boot off the same disc in "rescue mode".  ("linux rescue")
>>>
>>>At the prompt:
>>>
>>>chroot /mnt/sysimage
>>>cd /boot
>>>mkinitrd -v --image-version --nocompress initrd 2.6.17-1.2630.fc6
>>>
>>>Edit /etc/grub.conf and add the following line:
>>>
>>>        initrd /initrd-2.6.17-1.2630.fc6
>>>
>>>Save, sync the drive and reboot.  With luck (and if you did it right), it 
>>>should work.
>>>
>>>I had a problem with X as well, but reconfiguring the x server fixed it. 
>>>(Just follow the bouncing prompts.)
>>>
>>>Hope that helps.
>>>
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>>
>>
>
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