Fedora 9 install troubles - big

[Ricky]

Hey,

I had the same issue (have the same card), but then i ran "setup" command
and ran X Configuration, you will get configuration options, where you can
change things around, i used those to change my resolution to 1680xBLAHBLAH.
(One thing though, i have a 22 inch monitor which was saying that current
resolution was too low or something and that i should change the
configuration, but it was displaying screwed up display); but still if you
havent tried setup ... might be well worth try.

On Thu, May 15, 2008 at 12:03 AM, Ric Moore <wayward4now at gmail.com> wrote:

> On Wed, 2008-05-14 at 17:58 +0200, Wim wrote:
> > Hi Rick,
> >
> > This is a fresh install. I dedicated my Maxtor drive to Fedora.
> >
> > Regards,
> >
> > Wim
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: fedora-list-bounces at redhat.com [mailto:
> fedora-list-bounces at redhat.com]
> > On Behalf Of Ric Moore
> > Sent: woensdag 14 mei 2008 6:13
> > To: For users of Fedora
> > Subject: Re: Fedora 9 install troubles - big
> >
> > On Tue, 2008-05-13 at 23:34 +0200, Fluffy The Vampire wrote:
> > > Hello,
> > >
> > > Today I decided to install Fedora 9 (64-bit) on my system. It wasn't a
> > > good experience as it refused to work... Here's my story:
> > >
> > > 1) downloaded the 64bit ISO and burnt it to a dvd
> > > 2) booted the dvd and the graphical installer never came up. X said it
> > > detected my video card correctly (Nvidia Geforce 8800 GTS 360 MB) and
> > > then all I got was a black screen. No response anymore, had to reboot.
> > > 3) rebooted and chose text based install instead. This installed fine
> > > with the default partioning Fedora suggested (expect swap - see below)
> > > however after installing grub and rebooting grub just hung. I get a
> > > black text screen that says GRUB and that's it. No more response
> > whatsoever.
> > >
> > > So I had to reboot with my XP SP3 CD to do a fixmbr to get back to my
> pc.
> > >
> > > Here's my system:
> > >
> > > - Intel Core 2 Duo E6600 CPU @ 3.00 GHz
> > > - 8 GB RAM (PC800) @ 333 Mhz bus speed (1:1)
> > > - GA-965P-DS3P (rev. 2.0) motherboard with i965 chipset
> > > - Western Digital 150GB 16MB SATA150 10000RPM Raptor (/dev/sda) =>
> > > Windows XP + /swap (5GB)
> > > - Maxtor 300GB 16MB SATA150 7200RPM (/dev/sdb) => Fedora 9, /boot 200
> MB
> > > and / rest of the drive with LVM
> > > - Western Digital 160GB-YS 16MB SATA300 HD (/dev/sdc) => Windows Vista
> > > 64 bit Business
> > > - Soundblaster X-Fi OEM (but I'm using on-board audio in Linux)
> > >
> > > Funny thing is that during install GRUB didn't recognise Vista and only
> > > offered Fedora 9 and XP as possible OS's to boot.
> > >
> > > Oh and FC8 did work on it :/.
> > >
> > > Any ideas what could be causing this and how I should solve this?
> >
> > Is this an update to F9 or a fresh install?? Ric
>
> Wow, your's is a strange problem. As Rahul suggested in a couple of
> posts back, try this list:
>
> http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/KernelCommonProblems#head-5880fcaae620309a0c00f6778726b632819bab1a
>
> Something like setting your ram to 1 gig instead of that whopping 8 gigs
> may be something to try. The procedure is in that URL, plus other nifty
> kernel problems with workarounds. Ric
>
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