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Old 04-11-2014, 06:29 AM   #16
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that is good
it did indeed fully update.

so as to the gray screen

dose this computer have a ATI or Nvidia 3d card
and did you install any "driver" for it

both cards have a default driver installed BY DEFAULT
so for most ati or nvidia hardware there is no need to install a driver
The laptop has an AMD CPU w/onboard video any drivers were installed w/windows. To install Linux all I did was install it from USB and, except for putting it on a certain partition, just hit 'next' w/no request to install any type of hardware driver.

EDIT:Q - Is there a way to see devices? Like device manager in windows?

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Old 04-11-2014, 11:44 AM   #17
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I've had to reboot several times. Switching from win to F etc...
F has locked up 2 or 3 times now.
 
Old 04-11-2014, 12:49 PM   #18
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The laptop has an AMD CPU w/onboard video
well there is the problem

laptops have some "special" built in chips
and not all of them are supported ( or supported well)
or
need to have installed a different driver

some laptops can not use the default installed AMD/ATI driver
or the default Nvidia driver

for the chip that is built in to the motherboard ,post the output of:
----- basically the SAME command you were asked to post in post #9------
Code:
lspci | grep VGA

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Old 04-11-2014, 01:16 PM   #19
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Ahh oops. Totally missed that :-)
I'll report back
 
Old 04-11-2014, 01:42 PM   #20
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00:00.0 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Family 12h Processor Root Complex
00:01.0 VGA compatible controller: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD/ATI] BeaverCreek [Radeon HD 6520G]
00:01.1 Audio device: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD/ATI] BeaverCreek HDMI Audio [Radeon HD 6500D and 6400G-6600G series]
00:03.0 PCI bridge: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Family 12h Processor Root Port
00:04.0 PCI bridge: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Family 12h Processor Root Port
00:06.0 PCI bridge: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Family 12h Processor Root Port
00:11.0 SATA controller: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] FCH SATA Controller [AHCI mode]
00:12.0 USB controller: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] FCH USB OHCI Controller (rev 11)
00:12.2 USB controller: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] FCH USB EHCI Controller (rev 11)
00:13.0 USB controller: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] FCH USB OHCI Controller (rev 11)
00:13.2 USB controller: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] FCH USB EHCI Controller (rev 11)
00:14.0 SMBus: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] FCH SMBus Controller (rev 13)
00:14.2 Audio device: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] FCH Azalia Controller (rev 01)
00:14.3 ISA bridge: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] FCH LPC Bridge (rev 11)
00:14.4 PCI bridge: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] FCH PCI Bridge (rev 40)
00:18.0 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Family 12h/14h Processor Function 0 (rev 43)
00:18.1 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Family 12h/14h Processor Function 1
00:18.2 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Family 12h/14h Processor Function 2
00:18.3 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Family 12h/14h Processor Function 3
00:18.4 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Family 12h/14h Processor Function 4
00:18.5 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Family 12h/14h Processor Function 6
00:18.6 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Family 12h/14h Processor Function 5
00:18.7 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Family 12h/14h Processor Function 7
01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD/ATI] Whistler [Radeon HD 6630M/6650M/6750M/7670M/7690M]
02:00.0 Ethernet controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL8101E/RTL8102E PCI Express Fast Ethernet controller (rev 05)
03:00.0 Network controller: Ralink corp. RT3090 Wireless 802.11n 1T/1R PCIe
 
Old 04-11-2014, 02:31 PM   #21
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Quote:
Originally Posted by John VV View Post
well there is the problem

laptops have some "special" built in chips
and not all of them are supported ( or supported well)
or
need to have installed a different driver

some laptops can not use the default installed AMD/ATI driver
or the default Nvidia driver

for the chip that is built in to the motherboard ,post the output of:
----- basically the SAME command you were asked to post in post #9------
Code:
lspci | grep VGA
00:01.0 VGA compatible controller: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD/ATI] BeaverCreek [Radeon HD 6520G]
01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD/ATI] Whistler [Radeon HD 6630M/6650M/6750M/7670M/7690M]
 
Old 04-13-2014, 04:28 PM   #22
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Replying to myself here...
I see on other forums that the catalyst drivers do not play well w/F20. What is suggested?
 
Old 04-13-2014, 06:26 PM   #23
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I don't think this post is going to be seen by the right people with the current heading. This has moved on from "fedora update" to be a hardware specific issue. My suggestion is you open a new post in the hardware section and provide the information included here (eg. the lspci VGA information which may need new drivers installing). Hopefully that way you will arouse some people with specific knowledge.

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