[PlanetCCRMA] Ima Newbie; can't get through install of FC4, nomatter what I do! Help!

[Nigel Henry]

On Wednesday 22 February 2006 22:57, Joe Fay wrote:
> No, I haven't got through the boot.  Once anaconda starts, the system
> freezes up, and I have to try to boot and try different options.  I heard
> that this is a common problem, and there used to be a patch available, but
> when I go to the link that they recommend, there is naught but a notice
> saying that GCC was to blame, and that they've fixed that bug and released
> it.  The notice doesn't say where to get the new version, or how to get
> past install to put it in.
>
> Thanks,
> Joe

Hi Joe. Don't give up on this. The only X problem I've had before was on 
Gentoo with mouse modules not being loaded. I did see some comments for this 
FC4 white screen problem to do with USB mice. Not sure if this was at install 
time, or post install. But if you are using a USB mouse, and just for the 
hell of it, it might be worth trying a PS2 mouse. Don't know how your French 
is, but the 2 forums I looked at were. http://www.fedora-france.org , and. 
http://fedoraforum.org/forum/  .  The French for the white screen is "ecran 
blanc" . I'll have another look on these sites as well, as FC4 is DL'ing 
about 450MB of updates at the mo on dialup, and I can't do much else. Nigel.
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Nigel Henry" <cave.dnb@tiscali.fr>
> To: "Joe Fay" <wb0fhu@aol.com>
> Cc: <planetccrma@ccrma.stanford.edu>; "Fernando Lopez-Lezcano"
> <nando@ccrma.Stanford.EDU>
> Sent: Wednesday, February 22, 2006 3:38 PM
> Subject: Re: [PlanetCCRMA] Ima Newbie; can't get through install of FC4,
> nomatter what I do! Help!
>
> > On Wednesday 22 February 2006 21:48, Joe Fay wrote:
> >> Yes, it is a cyberblade (generic) Cyberblade /i11, Nigel, sounds like
> >> you know lots of things I don't, eh?  Fernando suggested unplugging the
> >> monitor
> >> at just the time of boot, I suppose, after selecting the boot you want.
> >> Text?
> >
> > Hi Joe. I presume that you have got through the install. it took me 15+
> > goes
> > at that, with various crashes along the way. Then just the white screen
> > of death on reboot, where I expected to get the post config stuff. The
> > problem
> > at this stage is that FC4 is not able to enable the driver for Trident
> > video
> > cards. Don't ask me why, as FC1,2, and 3 had no problems.
> >
> > Right. if this is your problem, here is the fix. I hope. Go to the
> > following
> > link.
> > http://fedoraforum.org/forum/showthread.php?t=59472&page=4&pp=15
> > 7 posts down, a post by EclipseAgent.
> > Boot up FC4. Get Grubs menu, type e on the kernel to boot, type e again
> > on the
> > kernel, not the initrd.img. back space and get rid of rhgb quiet, and
> > replace
> > with init 3 . Next "Enter", then type b. This should now boot up in text
> > mode. Then follow EclipseAgent's instructions for replacing the trident
> > driver with the vesa one. Enough for now. If you have have tried numerous
> > reboots, you have probably messed up the post install config stuff, so
> > will
> > have to create a user. It may be worthwhile creating a user before using
> > vi
> > to change the video card driver. Do the following .
> > adduser <username>
> > passwd <username>
> > enter password
> > enter password
> > If this works you should end up on rebooting with GDM asking for your
> > user name and password. All the best. Nigel.
> >
> >> Thanks,
> >> Joe
> >> ----- Original Message -----
> >> From: "Nigel Henry" <cave.dnb@tiscali.fr>
> >> To: <planetccrma@ccrma.stanford.edu>
> >> Cc: "Joe Fay" <wb0fhu@aol.com>; "Fernando Lopez-Lezcano"
> >> <nando@ccrma.Stanford.EDU>
> >> Sent: Wednesday, February 22, 2006 2:19 PM
> >> Subject: Re: [PlanetCCRMA] Ima Newbie; can't get through install of FC4,
> >> nomatter what I do! Help!
> >>
> >> > On Wednesday 22 February 2006 20:46, Joe Fay wrote:
> >> >> Hi Fernando (Espero que usted tiene un buen dia!)
> >> >> ----- Original Message -----
> >> >> From: "Fernando Lopez-Lezcano" <nando@ccrma.Stanford.EDU>
> >> >> To: <Wb0fhu@aol.com>
> >> >> Cc: <planetccrma@ccrma.Stanford.EDU>
> >> >> Sent: Tuesday, February 21, 2006 4:22 PM
> >> >> Subject: Re: [PlanetCCRMA] Ima Newbie; can't get through install of
> >> >> FC4,
> >> >> nomatter what I do! Help!
> >> >>
> >> >> > It would seem that there is a problem with your video hardware.
> >> >> > Did you try to install in text mode?
> >> >>
> >> >> Yes, I tried it with every argument I saw to run with it...still to
> >> >> no avail!
> >> >>
> >> >> > Once you boot into the first prompt (before it starts loading the
> >> >> > kernel
> >> >> > and all that) type:
> >> >> >  linux text
> >> >> > That will start the text based installer.
> >> >> >
> >> >> > documented here:
> >> >> > http://www.fedora.redhat.com/docs/fedora-install-guide-en/fc4/ch-be
> >> >> >gin nin ginstallation.html
> >> >> >
> >> >> > Just for reference some more options are documented here:
> >> >> > http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/AnacondaIsoLinux0ptions
> >> >> >
> >> >> > What to try depends on exactly what messages (if any) get printed
> >> >> > before
> >> >> > things fail. I'm not sure of what is failing.
> >> >>
> >> >> Frankly, Fernando, I'm not sure, either.  I tried to use the Knoppix
> >> >> Live CD that comes with the distro from the book I mentioned, but
> >> >> that worked just fine, and found everything it needed to find.
> >> >>
> >> >> > Assuming there's something wrong with support for your video card I
> >> >> > would try:
> >> >> >
> >> >> > text* -- Enable text mode for install (default on HTTP and FTP
> >> >> >         installs). Mutually exclusive with graphical
> >> >> > skipddc* -- Skips DDC probe of the monitor
> >> >> > lowres* -- Force GUI installer to run at 640x480
> >> >>
> >> >> Tried those, too.  No luck! Same white screen of death.
> >> >>
> >> >> > -- Fernando
> >> >>
> >> >> Thanks, Fernando.  You have any other ideas to try?
> >> >> Joe Fay, WO0O
> >> >
> >> > Hi Joe. I've just had a load of problems with the white screen of
> >> > death after
> >> > install. Is your video card a Trident Cyberbladei1 or XP for instance?
> >> > Nigel.
> >> >
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