FC/6 Test 3 64bit Trouble

[alan]

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 
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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 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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