----- Original Message ----- From: "K. Spearel" <kas11@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> To: "For users of Fedora Core releases" <fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Wednesday, June 02, 2004 7:45 AM Subject: Re: Help: Install on AMD 64 creates display wash > On Wed, 2004-06-02 at 05:59, Rory Gleeson wrote: > > Still no luck getting rid of the graphical wash when booting Fedora. Any > > other suggestions would be really welcomed! > > > > To recap, I can load Fedora 2 in full graphical mode on to my new AMD64 > > Athlon/K8V se Deluxe/ATI Radeon 9200SE without any problems. > > > > However, when I got to boot it, it will start out fine, Grub appears, the > > text starts to roll and the Fedora (press "i" for Interactive...) appears > > and then my screen goes away in colour. > > > > As suggested below, I also edited Grub, removing "rhgp quieton." This was > > initially helpful, as it brought me past the Fedora (press "i" for > > Interactive...) text and the text kept rolling along right up until the > > desktop was supposed to kick in. Then, the screen went awash, again. > > > > I'm pretty sure it's not a hardware issue with the ATI card, as suggested, > > below. I can load MandrakeMove, SuSE Live and XP Pro on to the box without > > any problems. > > > > Based on another suggestion, in my K8V bios, I turned off USB legacy > > support, which now allows me to boot in to another couple of distros that I > > couldn't before. As an experiment, I also turned of APM and ACPI but it > > didn't help. ACPI 2.0 has always be disabled. > > > > I have a feeling this is a very small problem I simply can't identify. > > > > I'm a newbie, so this is pushing me to the edge of my skillset already and > > making me wish I stuck with Intel, to be honest. I'd really appreciate any > > tips or possible advice. > > > > Tired and spent, > > Rory > > > I guess I need to read closer...I didn't notice in previous posts that > you had one of these K8V *SE* Deluxe boards...It seems to share specs > with the plain K8V (ie not Deluxe) which are different from the K8V > Deluxe that is working fine here. Is anyone else on the list other than > Jeff and Rory using either a plain K8V or a K8V SE Deluxe? > > I can only speculate that perhaps the change in specs (which includes at > least a different network controller, a different Promise hardware Raid > controller and no Firewire) might be the cause for the video problems. > Perhaps Dave Jones or Alan Cox knows if Asus also made changes in the > AGP bus that is causing video problems. > > Were you able to see if running lower resolutions or running startx from > runlevel 3 helped? > > KAS I have a K8V SE Deluxe and have been running FC1 & FC2 (all the test versions also). I have an NVidia 5200 video card. The main thing that does not work for me is the Promise controller. I can not see two 160 GB PATA disks that are attached to it using FC2. I have tried RAID and the extended IDE mode with no disks found. SATA_Promise reports no disks are found??? As for your screen wash problem, try putting a 3 on the boot line in grub. This starts you in console mode and you can then do a 'startx' to see why your graphics will not start. I would guess a configuration problem. You are also going to see errors from the ethernet controller, but this seems to be a BIOS firmware bug. Most everything else seems to be fine with this MoBo. Jim
