On Sunday 25 January 2009 17:46, Charles Landau wrote: > David Timms wrote: > > David Timms wrote: > >> Charles Landau wrote: > >>> I just bought a DX4720-03 from Gateway. Has anyone succeeded in > >>> installing Fedora on this system? > > > > checkout: > > http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?p=6611313 > > last post for a potential fix. > > That was my post. Yes, I've worked around this problem by using the > kernel option "noapic". > > The next problem is, it won't install in graphics mode, and once > installed, it won't go into graphics mode. Apparently it is unhappy with > the graphics processor on the DX4720-03. > > The F10 Live CD hangs up on a blank screen, which I suspect is also > related to not being able to deal with the graphics processor. > > The DX4720-03 has an NVIDIA GeForce 7100 integrated graphics processor > with shared memory. > > Does anyone know how to get this to work? Or do you have hints on > diagnosing the problem? Hi Charles. I know on the machine I built with an Asus M2N-X Plus mobo, I have to use the acpi=off option on the kernel line to install, and also the same acpi=off option post install, in order to get the machine to bootup. Without the acpi=off option, the machine would bootup as far as starting X, then freeze, which required a hard reset. That is with F8, F9, Kubuntu Gutsy Gibbon 7.10, Kubuntu Hardy Heron 8.04, Archlinux (Don't Panic), Kubuntu Intrepid 8.10, and Ubuntu Intrepid 8.10. the only 2 distros where I didn't have to append the kernel line, were 2 using much earlier kernels, mainly Debian Etch, and Kubuntu Breezy. The acpi=off option may not work for you, but is just a thought. Nigel. -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Communicate/MailingListGuidelines
