Fedore Core 3 hangs on install

[Darin Peterson]

Look at your motherboard specifications.  If your motherboard is using a VIA
chipset and you're using the on-board video, it's more likely that it's
using UniChrome graphics with an IGP chipset, S3.  VIA currently has a
driver for the 2.4 kernel at http://www.viaarena.com/default.aspx?PageID=2.
Keep in mind that FC2 and 3 use the 2.6 kernel.  I had issues with the
installation of FC3 x86-64 as well, but I did not have that difficulty with
Redhat Enterprise or SuSE 9.1.  I have found nothing that works but the VESA
driver that is default upon installation.

One other thing you can try at boot is:

no framebuffer

or

resolution=1024x768


Good luck!


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Sent: Tuesday, February 22, 2005 10:08 AM
To: Getting started with Red Hat Linux
Subject: Re: Fedore Core 3 hangs on install


Carl Reynolds wrote:
> I am trying to install Fedora Core 3 on an AMD 2800 64 with 512MB RAM
> and 112GB HD. The Hardrive is a WesternDigital WD1200JD-00H SATA drive.
> I am using a Giga-Byte mother board with a ViA on board chip set. There
> is a video controller built in to the chip set and that is what I'm
> using as video output.
>
> When I start the installation process the installer hangs with an
> X-Server failure almost as soon as I select Graphical Install.
>
> I performed the installation in text mode using 'linux text xfs' to
> start the install.
>
> Now that the installation is complete, the machine hangs on re-boot on a
> blank screen with the words "Booting 'Fedora Core (2.6.9-1.667)'" at the
> top of the screen and several seemingly randomly placed dots on the
> screen below it.
>
> The CDs for the install are for x86-64.
>
> Does anyone know what the problem is here and how I can get around it?

This is not an x86-64 issue, it's a video card driver problem.  I'm
almost certain you have an nVidia card, and they are notoriously cranky
during installations.  Do a text install (enter "linux text" at the
"boot" prompt, then go to nVidia's site and get the latest driver for
your hardware.  Install it per their instructions, then run
"system-config-display" and make sure you specify the new nVidia driver.
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