I have an Abit nf7-s and use a overclocked CPU.
I am trying to install graphically Linux Fedora but when anaconda loads
and I see the mouse arrow, my pc freezes!!!
I used commands like 'linux noprobe' and 'linux skipddc' but the
problems still remains!
So I installed the os via text but when I try to load it the system
hangs (mouse arrow doesn't run)!!!
What can I do?

WhiteWolf wrote:

> I have an Abit nf7-s and use a overclocked CPU.
> I am trying to install graphically Linux Fedora but when anaconda loads
> and I see the mouse arrow, my pc freezes!!!
> I used commands like 'linux noprobe' and 'linux skipddc' but the
> problems still remains!
> So I installed the os via text but when I try to load it the system
> hangs (mouse arrow doesn't run)!!!
> What can I do?

Do you mean you successfully installed it with "linux text noprobe"?
I wouldn't have thought you would need the mouse in text mode.
Couldn't you try "redhat-config-mouse" if you installed in text mode?

[Nb This is purely theoretical!]



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>
> Do you mean you successfully installed it with "linux text noprobe"?
> I wouldn't have thought you would need the mouse in text mode.
> Couldn't you try "redhat-config-mouse" if you installed in text mode?
>
> [Nb This is purely theoretical!]
>
Seen that the setup didn't work via graphics i decided to install this
os via text.
But the problem still remains.
In fact when i boot fedora and appears the mouse arrow the system
hangs!!!
I have a Radeon 9800.

WhiteWolf wrote:

> Seen that the setup didn't work via graphics i decided to install this
> os via text.

What exactly do you mean by "install via text"?

> But the problem still remains.
> In fact when i boot fedora and appears the mouse arrow the system
> hangs!!!
> I have a Radeon 9800.

I thought that if you installed in text mode ("linux text")
you got a text login console,
in which case the mouse arrow would not appear.

If it tries to boot in graphics mode
and you have a floppy drive
you could get tomsrtbt -- Linux on a floppy --
or Knoppix -- Linux on a CD --
and edit /etc/inittab to start in level 3 rather than 5.
(Change "id:5:initdefault:" to "id:3:initdefault:".)

But I may have misunderstood.

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On Fri, 19 Dec 2003 13:21:57 +0100, WhiteWolf wrote:

> I have an Abit nf7-s and use a overclocked CPU.
> I am trying to install graphically Linux Fedora but when anaconda loads

Fedora core 1 have problems with nForce chipset.
Problem is in the 2.4.x kernel.
Starting at 18th May you will have core 2 with 2.6.x kernel and try and
see how it works...


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Department of Computer Enigneering
Faculty of Electrical Engineering
University Of Banja Luka

Mladen Adamovic wrote:
> On Fri, 19 Dec 2003 13:21:57 +0100, WhiteWolf wrote:
>
>> I have an Abit nf7-s and use a overclocked CPU.
>> I am trying to install graphically Linux Fedora but when anaconda
>> loads
>
> Fedora core 1 have problems with nForce chipset.
> Problem is in the 2.4.x kernel.
> Starting at 18th May you will have core 2 with 2.6.x kernel and try
> and see how it works...

Mladen? The original post was on Dec 19, 2003. I suspect he's dealt with the
problem by now.

But I'd suggest he install text mode, then do all the updates (including the
X tools and kernel updates available for *THEN* try do deal with the NVidia
chipset, including the use of the published but proprietary NVidia drivers
for Linux from www.nvidia.com.

The kernel doesn't really deal with this problem per se. The difficulty with
NVidia is mostly in their unpublished API's and their refusal to provide
them in open source form, only via closed source in binary OpenGL libraries
with kernel modules to provide hooks to use the proprietary libraries.

(Been there, done that, had to deal with a bunch of old NVidia cards
lately.)

On Sun, 16 May 2004 14:15:41 -0400, Nico Kadel-Garcia wrote:

> Mladen? The original post was on Dec 19, 2003. I suspect he's dealt with the
> problem by now.

. I know, but better late than newer ? )).

> (Been there, done that, had to deal with a bunch of old NVidia cards
> lately.)

He has nVidia chipset, not just nVidia cards. That chipset had problems
with Linux recently solved in 2.6.x. I know that there is also
problem with nVidia cards.

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Department of Computer Enigneering
Faculty of Electrical Engineering
University Of Banja Luka