On Thu, 2008-06-19 at 11:18 +0530, Sriram Ramaswamy wrote: > Hi Guys, > > I am a total newbie to Linux (less than a week) and open source and I > began my experiments with Fedora and I have to admit its one very cool > system. > > My problems began with trying to install the Fedora core 9 64 bit > version. The anaconda installer identifies my Nvidia Ge Force card > perfectly but after that X server begins its work it just halts. This > happens even in the 32 bit version. I thought I might have burned the > DVD wrong and retried with a fresh new DVD but it still halted. > > This is odd because I have tried installing FC 8 32 and 64 bit version > and they both work fine. The 64 bit also lets me install the latest > release of the Nvidia driver with no problems. > > This is my computer's hardware configuration. I have a AMD Phenom 9500 > Quad Core Processor 1.80 GHz, 4 GB DDR RAM, NVidia GeForce 8600 GT > Display adapter, Atheros L1 Gigabit Ethernet Controller. > > Suggestions please. > Please note this is my first time here and if I am breaking any rules > by sending out this mail please do let me know. No, you're not breaking any rules. The list exists for people to help each other out with this stuff :-) That said, I don't have an answer for you, but NVidia on Fedora 9 has been discussed extensively here in the past few weeks. Try searching in the list archives at https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-list/ poc -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list
