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On Tuesday 03 February 2004 7:45 pm, Bob Chiodini wrote:
> On Tue, 2004-02-03 at 12:31, xyzzy@xxxxxxxxxx wrote:
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> > On Tuesday 03 February 2004 6:10 pm, Wade Hampton wrote:
> > > xyzzy@xxxxxxxxxx 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)?
Bob...
