On Wed, 04 Aug 2004 16:31:47 -0400, Matt Morgan
<matt.morgan-fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> I'm trying to install FC2 on my computer, a white-box with Asus
> motherboard and hyperthreading 2.8Ghz Intel P4. I'm getting fairly
> random crashing upon firstboot ("random" meaning the point at which is
> crashes varies, but it always crashes).
>
> At first I had an ATI Radeon 9200SE (the Windows ME of video cards) in
> this box, but I was afraid it was the problem, so I switched it out for
> an ATI Rage 128 32Mb card and reinstalled. Same problem, basically. The
> problem is, upon firstboot after installation, the system hangs during
> boot. I get as far as the graphical boot, but then at various times the
> system hangs hard (can't ctrl-alt-del, can't ctrl-alt-F1, etc.). If I
> reset the machine and then try to boot again, the result is predictable:
> the system hangs again on "enabling swap space." The only way I can then
> get past that point is to boot into single-user mode, checking the root
> partition on the way, and then reboot after single-user mode comes up.
> However, all that does for me is get me back into the original state
> where I crash randomly during the graphical portion of the boot.
>
> There are a bunch of reports on the web from people who crash on
> "enabling swap space." Many of them have USB issues (I have no USB
> devices installed) and others have X issues. I tried modifying
> anaconda's choice of video driver (using "vesa" instead of the Radeon or
> r128 drivers), but that didn't help either.
>
> I had been running FC1 on this computer very successfully until a few
> days ago. Because I have had trouble with the SMP kernel in FC1, I tried
> booting the non-SMP 2.6 kernel in FC2, but it didn't help. I also tried
> using no acpi and no apm, but that didn't help either.
>
> I have successfully installed Mandrake 10 on this machine (2.6 kernel)
> as well as Xandros Desktop OS 2.0 (2.4 kernel). In both cases I was able
> to boot with the later video card and the r128 driver, so I'm pretty
> sure this is not an X issue. Any other ideas?
>
> Thanks,
> Matt
>
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Just interested what do you mean by this "ATI Radeon 9200SE (the
Windows ME of video cards"
I am using that card and FC2 had built in 2d support and I now have 3d
support from the vendor. It required me to patch and build the modelue
though.
Jeem
