Well so I got it froze elsewhere now. However, the freeze happens
before the login loads up only when I add to the kernel line
"acpi=no". Otherwise, it boots up, let's me enter username and
password at login and then freezes there.
On 2-Sep-08, at 11:50 AM, Nigel Henry wrote:
On Tuesday 02 September 2008 18:21, Kyle Lanigan wrote:
On 2-Sep-08, at 8:55 AM, Fernando Apesteguía wrote:
On 9/2/08, Timothy Murphy <gayleard@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Kyle Lanigan wrote:
Have you tried logging in in text mode?
...
Earlier you might have been able to enter text mode by Ctrl-Alt-
F1,
or alternatively by using something like Knoppix to edit /etc/
inittab
and change id:5 to id:3 .
The Live CD works amazingly fine on my computer.
If possible, could you give an in-depth instruction on what to do
with
the ID:5 change to ID:3?
Firstly, I'm no Fedora guru, and the other Tim is much more likely
than me
to have the correct diagnosis.
It is just that if the system freezes in this sort of way,
my first step would be to eliminate problems with X by running in
text-mode.
One way to do this is to edit /etc/inittab, and change the line
id:5:initdefault:
to
id:3:initdefault:
This line in inittab determines which mode linux boots into.
I had to do exactly that cause after install, when I tried to log
in,
my system froze. In my case there is something wrong trying to boot
into X mode directly. If I boot in runlevel 3 and then startx, I
have
no problems.
However, if I kill the X server (or normal logout) and then try to
start it up again with startx, the system hangs up again (can't
kill X
server, the kernel doesn't seem to catch the ACPI events when I push
the switch off button...)
Kyle, do you see any unexpected image after typing your name and
password, some bizarre screen or is it just a clear frozen image of
your desktop?
Yea, it's just a clear image the desktop background while mouse,
keyboard and everything else just sits frozen there.
I'm gonna give a go to some of the other suggestions to see if that
lets Fedora run.
Sincerely,
Kyle Lanigan
I've had a whole bunch of similar problems on a new machine I built,
using and
Asus M2N-X Plus mobo. To boot anything, that is live cd's, or
install cd's, I
had to disable acpi on the mobo. Then to boot the install cd's I had
to add
boot options, mainly acpi=off to the kernel line to avoid the machine
freezing up. Post install, I've had to add acpi=off to /boot/grub/
grub.conf,
or /boot/grub/menu.lst in most cases.
Regarding the Fedora 9 install on this machine, Fedora 9 installed
ok, but
post-install locked up the machine when X tried to start, and before
the GDM
login screen opened. A hard reset, and adding acpi=off to the kernel
line in
Grub, got the machine booted up ok, but after the machine is running
for some
hours, perhaps days, I again get the machine locking up for no
apparent
reason.
Another suggestion I saw was to add nosmp to the kernel line (along
with
acpi=off|), if you don't have a dual core processor, which I don't
have. I'm
currently trying this on my Kubuntu Hardy Heron 8.04 install, which
locks up
from time to time, as does F8, F9, Debian Etch, and Kubuntu GG 7.10.
This is all a bit trial and error as far as I'm concerned, and am
simply
trying to resolve a problem.
If it works, it works, and if it doesn't work, I'll try something
else.
2¢ worth of perhaps nothing.
Nigel.
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Kyle Lanigan
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