There's nothing wrong with doing a text install. In fact it works faster. To rule out the DVD try a network graphic install but I would thing it's a Xorg issue. Anyway, do the text install and I'm pretty sure it'll work. Before rebooting switch to another terminal and chose runlevel 5 to make sure it'll boot on a graphical user interface. Regards +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ |E|d|u|a|r|d|o| |L|a|n|d|a|v|e|r|i| +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ +-+-+-+-+ +-+-+-+-+-+-+ |G|N|U|-|L|i|n|u|x| |U|s|e|r| |4|3|3|5|1|2| +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ +-+-+-+-+ +-+-+-+-+-+-+ > -----Original Message----- > From: andre@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > Sent: Fri, 03 Jul 2009 14:01:19 -0400 > To: fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx > Subject: Re: forced to do text-based F11 install > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > On 07/03/2009 01:51 PM, Bill Davidsen wrote: >> Andre Robatino wrote: >>> -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- >>> Hash: SHA1 >>> >>> On 07/03/2009 10:11 AM, Andre Robatino wrote: >>> >>>> The GUI in anaconda works fine right up to the point where the >>>> "creating filesystem on /dev/sda1" window starts and Xorg starts using >>>> ~95% of the CPU. >>> >> DVD in constant use? Might be marginal DVD or reader. > > The DVD isn't accessed at all, or the HDD, either, when the problem > starts. We did a mediacheck, and have never had a problem with either > the DVDs or the reader. > >> Options which have helped me at this point: >> xdriver=vesa >> video=vesafb:1024x768 >> vga=0x318 >> >> None is really the magic bullet which "always works," but I've used all >> of them over the past few years. On one machine the "video=" needed a >> frame rate specified, once I set that I got an image. That was some SiS >> video thing in a Shuttle. > > The graphics appear fine. There's a perfectly rendered window with a > progress bar going back and forth, forever. The problem seems to be > that something in Xorg gets stuck in an infinite loop and doesn't let > anything else happen, including the formatting which the window claims > is being done. > > > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > Version: GnuPG v1.4.9 (GNU/Linux) > Comment: Using GnuPG with Fedora - http://enigmail.mozdev.org/ > > iEYEARECAAYFAkpOR28ACgkQ0pavuo9EGO/IWACgmrSoiKTW5GTrTGTqSYC5oC6y > o44Anj/3xSTxoZHQvFvIqS9KiiUaXg77 > =qgkV > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > > -- > fedora-list mailing list > fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx > To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list > Guidelines: > http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Communicate/MailingListGuidelines ____________________________________________________________ FREE 3D MARINE AQUARIUM SCREENSAVER - Watch dolphins, sharks & orcas on your desktop! Check it out at http://www.inbox.com/marineaquarium -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Communicate/MailingListGuidelines
