[PlanetCCRMA] re: Newbie can't get FC4 installed...White screen of Death
Benjamin Hardy
drycellbattery@yahoo.ca
Thu Feb 23 22:26:02 2006
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After trying a few other distros for the heck of it, I decided to go back to Fedora Core 4. I've installed it a few times so I know it works well on my hardware, but tonight I ran into something peculiar. After going through the install procedure, rebooting and then setting my monitor resolution and user name I hit next or finish. Instead of getting the gdm login screen I get black. Also, I have no keyboard input - i tried hitting the caps lock button on my usb keyboard and the led wasn't going on at all. I suspect nothing was going on with the mouse too, but I can't say as the screens just black. I tried a couple more reinstalls and noticed on the third try (I'm not famous for picking up important details) I noticed while setting up my partitions with disk druid (I always do) that it mention that my partitions were previously mounted as /1 , swap, and /home1. I most assuredly didn't put that in when I set up the mounts the last install and I did format them to erase all data prior.
Well I got sick of seeing the black screen so I installed Fedora Core 3 and everything is fine. I'm currently updating to FC4 via the yum command line, look here for a quick guide on how to do this (as it doesn't always work well). http://www.fedoraproject.org/wiki/YumUpgradeFaq#head-bee4591f4bebe867a1cfbbef57475418fe6bc228
FC4 installs sometimes end up with weird /etc/fstab file entries, I wonder if my problem was related. Someone else here had issues with thier swap partition and I had some issues in December.
Joe Fay <wb0fhu@aol.com> wrote: Success!!! I finally got FC4 installed. Thanks to all who made good
suggestions, such as Fernando, BJay, and Nigel! You all (yes, I'm from the
south ; ) pointed me in the right direction. As it wound up, here's what
the situation was, and the resolution:
1. Fernando pointed me towards the video card.
2. Nigel called my video card to a tee, as one that he'd had trouble with
in the past.
3. Bjay's comments were confirmation to what everyone else said.
4. I went out today with an armload of my old serviceable cards, and went
to a dealer
who had some old used stuff, as well as new stock.
5. I traded out my old stuff, plus $20 for an old isa video card (My mb
dosen't have an
AGP slot) an old S3 critter with 2mb of ram, plus a new audio card with
four channels and a Linux driver for the card, with full instructions as to
how to install the driver.
When I had installed everything, I said a little prayer and turned on the
machine. The install coughed up a hair ball, but no white screen of
death!!! I had gone with the CUSTOM install route the first time, so I
decided I would just do the basic WORKSTATION install. Everything then went
like clockwork and installed in 30 minutes. The system rebooted right into
further setup, and then into FC4 and the Gnome desktop. I played around a
bit, then held my breath, shut the machine all the way down, with the DVD
out of the reader, and it booted right back into Gnome...no problems.
Now all I have to do is go get the right Jack, Rosegarden, and Ardour files
off the net, and then download the CCRMA. But at least I have a fresh
install of FC4.
Thanks for your great responses and your help to me. Hope I can do as well
for someone else. I tried two other lists to get answers, but only got them
here. I will be around for some time to come. I look forward to making
music on Linux, and getting rid of XP.
Gratefully,
Joe Fay, WO0O
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After trying a few other distros for the heck of it, I decided to go back to Fedora Core 4. I've installed it a few times so I know it works well on my hardware, but tonight I ran into something peculiar. After going through the install procedure, rebooting and then setting my monitor resolution and user name I hit next or finish. Instead of getting the gdm login screen I get black. Also, I have no keyboard input - i tried hitting the caps lock button on my usb keyboard and the led wasn't going on at all. I suspect nothing was going on with the mouse too, but I can't say as the screens just black. I tried a couple more reinstalls and noticed on the third try (I'm not famous for picking up important details) I noticed while setting up my partitions with disk druid (I always do) that it mention that my partitions were previously mounted as /1 , swap, and /home1. I most assuredly didn't put that in when I set up the mounts the last install and I did format them to erase all data prior.
Well I got sick of seeing the black screen so I installed Fedora Core 3 and everything is fine. I'm currently updating to FC4 via the yum command line, look here for a quick guide on how to do this (as it doesn't always work well). http://www.fedoraproject.org/wiki/YumUpgradeFaq#head-bee4591f4bebe867a1cfbbef57475418fe6bc228<br> <br> FC4 installs sometimes end up with weird /etc/fstab file entries, I wonder if my problem was related. Someone else here had issues with thier swap partition and I had some issues in December.<br><br><b><i>Joe Fay <wb0fhu@aol.com></i></b> wrote:<blockquote class="replbq" style="border-left: 2px solid rgb(16, 16, 255); margin-left: 5px; padding-left: 5px;"> Success!!! I finally got FC4 installed. Thanks to all who made good <br>suggestions, such as Fernando, BJay, and Nigel! You all (yes, I'm from the <br>south ; ) pointed me in the right direction. As it wound up, here's what <br>the situation was, and the resolution:<br>1. Fernando pointed me
towards the video card.<br>2. Nigel called my video card to a tee, as one that he'd had trouble with <br>in the past.<br>3. Bjay's comments were confirmation to what everyone else said.<br>4. I went out today with an armload of my old serviceable cards, and went <br>to a dealer<br> who had some old used stuff, as well as new stock.<br>5. I traded out my old stuff, plus $20 for an old isa video card (My mb <br>dosen't have an<br> AGP slot) an old S3 critter with 2mb of ram, plus a new audio card with <br>four channels and a Linux driver for the card, with full instructions as to <br>how to install the driver.<br><br>When I had installed everything, I said a little prayer and turned on the <br>machine. The install coughed up a hair ball, but no white screen of <br>death!!! I had gone with the CUSTOM install route the first time, so I <br>decided I would just do the basic WORKSTATION install. Everything then went <br>like clockwork and installed in 30 minutes. The
system rebooted right into <br>further setup, and then into FC4 and the Gnome desktop. I played around a <br>bit, then held my breath, shut the machine all the way down, with the DVD <br>out of the reader, and it booted right back into Gnome...no problems.<br><br>Now all I have to do is go get the right Jack, Rosegarden, and Ardour files <br>off the net, and then download the CCRMA. But at least I have a fresh <br>install of FC4.<br><br>Thanks for your great responses and your help to me. Hope I can do as well <br>for someone else. I tried two other lists to get answers, but only got them <br>here. I will be around for some time to come. I look forward to making <br>music on Linux, and getting rid of XP.<br><br>Gratefully,<br>Joe Fay, WO0O<br><br>_______________________________________________<br>PlanetCCRMA mailing list<br>PlanetCCRMA@ccrma.stanford.edu<br>http://ccrma-mail.stanford.edu/mailman/listinfo/planetccrma<br></blockquote><br><p>
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