On 5/22/05, linux user <linuxusr@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > I was able to overcome this problem regarding FC3 x86_64 installation > > and a buggy x server. > > 1. First I performed the initial full install. > > 2. booted into init 3 or single user mode after installation. > > Great. How can this be done? At the GRUB boot prompt, press a key to show the menu, then press 'a' on the Fedora boot line and the type " 3" (space, 3) and press enter to boot. I'm not sure how this affects the "first boot" sequence. > > 3. without initiating the graphic mode performed up2date from root > > command line. > > Is that it? Type "up2date" at the prompt in single user mode? I think you have to run it with an option for no X, or run up2date-nox I think. There is also yum which will accomplish the same thing "yum -y update" The -y tells it to go ahead and update without prompting you so you can go away and let it finish. It will take a while. If you can wait, you might just want to wait the couple weeks for FC4 to come out : ). A note. The "buggy x server" must just be a buggy driver for particular card(s), since my FC3 x86_86 install went just fine and X worked just fine for me on my nVidia 440 Go. I have no idea what kind of support there is for the S3 card you have. The differences between i386 and x86_64 that you have noted do seem strange, though. Jonathan
