FC/6 Test 3 64bit Trouble

Tue Sep 19 00:01:11 UTC 2006

Nope, the install does not complete, as a matter of fact it doesn't even 
really start.

It gets as far as "Searching for previous installations", the screen 
suddenly goes black and that is that.

I have to do a hardware reset.

>From: alan <alan at clueserver.org>
>Reply-To: For testers of Fedora Core development releases 
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>To: For testers of Fedora Core development releases 
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>Subject: Re: FC/6 Test 3 64bit Trouble
>Date: Mon, 18 Sep 2006 16:58:24 -0700 (PDT)
>
>On Mon, 18 Sep 2006, David Burgess wrote:
>
>>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.
>
>I am getting confused.
>
>Does the install complete or do you even get that far?
>
>If you do get it installed, does the initrd fix actually get you any 
>farther?
>
>I have not experienced any hangs on the install.  It installs fine, just 
>kernel panics on reboot.
>
>There is an x issue I have seen, but it only happens after the firstboot 
>process is completed.
>
>If you use a rescue disc, are you also to get access to the install logs?
>
>>
>>>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 
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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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