3 Beeps, Then Black Screen

Alexander Apprich a.apprich at science-computing.de
Mon Apr 19 08:11:44 UTC 2004


billg wrote:
> I'm running into a problem trying to install FC1 on a machine that
> previously ran FC1 with no problems. (I've made no hardware changes.)
> This feels like a known issue, but a search of this list and elsewhere
> has turned up nothing.
> 
> At seemingly random points during the install, the machine will emit 3
> beeps and the monitor's screen will go black. Disk activity appears to
> stop.  When I tap on a key, the display corrects itself and things
> proceed until the next time.  If I nurse things along and complete an
> install, the problem occurs during normal use. This happens every few
> minutes and makes Fedora impossible to use. I've tried multiple CD's from
> a variety of sources.
> 
> Another point that may or may not be relevant:  Over the last several
> years using a number of Red Hat releases and Fedora, I've noticed that if
> the windows created by the install script, or any of the other RH/Fedora
> python scripts, are overlayed by windows created by another program, the
> text in the script's windows disappears when the overlaying window is
> moved or removed. All the machines were using Matrox cards.
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> billg
> 
> 


Just a guess, start FC installation like "linux expert acpi=off" (w/o
the quotes). Maybe it's a powermanagement event from the installation
kernel. The different behavior between FC1 and Slackware might be just
different kernels (Versions).

HTH

Alex





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