Horrible problems trying to run Linux on my hardware

[xyzzy at hotpop.com]

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On Tuesday 03 February 2004 8:59 pm, Bob Chiodini wrote:
> On Tue, 2004-02-03 at 13:32, xyzzy at hotpop.com wrote:
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> > On Tuesday 03 February 2004 7:45 pm, Bob Chiodini wrote:
> > > On Tue, 2004-02-03 at 12:31, xyzzy at hotpop.com wrote:
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> > > > On Tuesday 03 February 2004 6:10 pm, Wade Hampton wrote:
> > > > > xyzzy at hotpop.com wrote:
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> > > > > >Greetings,
> > > > > >
> > > > > >Hardware:
> > > > > >ASUS motherboard with 82801EB Intel chipset (865G video,
> >
> > 82562EZ
> >
> > > > LAN),
> > > >
> > > > > >Hyperthread support, Enhanced P-ATA/S-ATA, USB 2.0.
> > > > > >1 GB ram
> > > > > >Intel Pentium 4 2.4 GHz
> > > > > >3 harddisks, first one is the boot disk using Windows XP Pro
> >
> > (with
> >
> > > > dual
> > > >
> > > > > > boot off of the third disk for Linux using XP boot manager)
> >
> > UDMA
> >
> > > > 2, the
> > > >
> > > > > > other two are UDMA 5, the last disk being for Linux with /,
> >
> > /boot,
> >
> > > > /var
> > > >
> > > > > > and swap partitions).
> > > > > >LG DVD/CD-RW combo
> > > > > >Adaptec SCSI 2930 PCI card
> > > > > >[snip]
> > > > > >
> > > > > >I managed to upgrade the system using the Internet until
> >
> > everything
> >
> > > > was at
> > > >
> > > > > > "0 updates needed".  It was still VERY slow and I had a few
> >
> > times
> >
> > > > where
> > > >
> > > > > > the system froze completely, necessitating a press of the
> >
> > reset
> >
> > > > button.
> > > >
> > > > > This crash sounds like it could be the Fedora SMP kernel issue
> >
> > that
> >
> > > > has
> > > >
> > > > > been discussed on this list and RedHat's bugzilla.  You might
> >
> > want
> >
> > > > to see:
> > > > >     https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=109497
> > > > >
> > > > > Also look a the thread about
> > > > >     Re: System lockup with SMP Kernel.
> > > > >
> > > > > As for the running slow, that is a different problem.
> > > > > --
> > > > > Wade Hampton
> > > >
> > > > Thanks for the reply...
> > > >
> > > > I seem to get from the bug reports and message threads that it
> >
> > could
> >
> > > > be ACPI
> > > > or autofs.  If it IS ACPI, maybe this is the reason for my
> >
> > slowdown
> >
> > > > also.  I
> > > > need to check and find out what what to do, but I can't do
> >
> > anything
> >
> > > > since I
> > > > can't get back into X.  Any ideas on what I can do to get my X
> >
> > server
> >
> > > > back
> > > > up?  This is the real problem for me right now...
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> > > Have you tried turning off ACPI at boot up?  Type 'a' at the grub
> >
> > boot
> >
> > > screen and enter acpi=off to the kernel command line.
> > >
> > > Bob...
> >
> > I'll try that.  What can I do about my X seg fault?  This is probably
> > a
> > different issue related to Intel's new driver that doesn't work for
> > me. How
> > do I recover from having a clobbered X server installation?  I think I
> > have
> > all of the updated X rpms... just do rpm --force -Uvh X*.rpm?
> >
> > I am also going to try running the 2.6.1 kernel from the rawhide and
> > see if it
> > helps me.
>
> The 2.6.1 kernel may help if it is an ACPI problem, might fix the X
> issue too.
>
> If not:
>
> You could try setting your xserver to SVGA or vga.  Try:
>
> Driver "SVGA"
> or
> Driver "vga"
>
> in /etc/X11/XF86Config-4 (Section Device).  I'm not sure what is
> provided by Fedora in addition to what got detected during installation.
>
> Do the virtual consoles work (Alt-Cntl-F1 thru F6)?

Yes they do... and this might help me recover enough to run an X server, but 
that means that I am not running the best video device, and if I go back and 
continue to get a seg fault... I am tempted to reinstall all of the X all 
over again if the 2.6.1 kernel doesn't help... bummer

>
> Bob...
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