post installation trouble of fedora core 4.0 in dell inspiration 1300
 

hi guys

I recently brougt a laptop (dell inspiration 1300) with 1.80 ghz intel mobile processor,and having sigmatel soundcard chip. after installing fedora core 4.0 (kernel ver 2.6.11) on it.my laptop is not booting and its not loading the operating system.


Please help me in this regard






with regards


Sachin j shetty

sachin_shetty - I have moved your post to it's own thread.

Hi sachin_shetty

don't you think that this is a little to less info for us all in order to help you?
Does your NB wont POST anymore are there any Leds?
or does POST and starts the Boot Process an then stucks?

post installation problem in dell inspiration 1300
 

yes its booting, the time comes for hardware initilizing its geeting stuck up in between after intialisting (hardware network) its not intilizing sound anymore even i waited for more than 15 minute it wont help. i am very new to linux.please help




thanx for your instant response




with best regards


sachin j shetty

post installation problem in dell inspiration 1300
 

yes its booting, the time comes for hardware initilizing its geeting stuck up in between after intialisting (hardware network) its not intilizing sound anymore even i waited for more than 15 minute it wont help. i am very new to linux.please help




thanx for your instant response




with best regards


sachin j shetty

I think the best you start all over again.
 

For the Video does your display fill the 1280x800 Screen?
I don't think it does... the you will need some downloads 1st of all.
Start the Installation as always then configure YUM (that a tool which you can use to easily download file w/o looking for missing dependencies)
1. configure YUM as described by Field Commander Dag Wieers or
by Stanton Finley (which will be better for your 1st steps...)
http://stanton-finley.net/fedora_cor...ion_notes.html
2. 915resolution is needed for the Display
(download it via YUM or from here http://www.geocities.com/stomljen/)
3. and the alsa-driver (I tried alsa-driver-1.0.10)
(better with YUM, or look in google or at ATRPMS)

If you still got questions feel free to come back

PS: By the way for better understanding I case that somebody should drive a troubleshoot (Don't think that I want to be the BIG Teacher...) :-) POST = Power on Self Test and after this the BOOT Process Starts. So there is an important difference

after installing fedora core 4.0. my laptop doesnt loding the operating system.its booting properly. but when the time comes for hardware intializing it stuck up in between.i am unable to do as you described in this article, because how can i really update the bios with out login into the computer with linux. is there any other way to update it. i mean to say through windows xp.but i can login through knoppix.is it possible tothe bios through knoppix update
thanx

please help I am very new to linux

with regards

sachin j shetty

Lets take a cut.
Do you have still an operating system up an running currently on this NB?
If so an it's XP then perform the Bios Update form there or use a DOS-Boot Medium.
If there is nothing than this stucked FC4 on it then
edit the kernel command line at the boot with I think "a" and then append "init 3" at the end. So we can try to establish a link to the internet form the command line. And download all the files we will need using wget and then yum. Cause there is a possibility to update the Bios within Linux. But don't know how to set this up in Knoppix on a Live Cd.
Here: http://linux.dell.com/libsmbios/main/yum.html

yes dude,i tried all the way as you said, but no use of it, even i tried to fill the 1280x800 Screen (from knoppix live cd),and even i tried for bios upgrade from xp.even i tried for edit the kernel command line at the boot i pressed the "a" and then append "init 3" at the end there is a same problem my NB is just intializing the hardware network after that its getting stuck up in between (its not initilizing the audio device)


please help me ! i am frastuated



with regards
sachin

is anybody there to help me out

Anyway i will try to install fedora core 5

but the with the same dvd i installed 3 servers in my office
and its working fine with that

So I've some good news for you.
Of course it's better to use FC5. So can you please tell me wich wireless card you've got in your notebook? If it isn't an Intel Card you probably have got a "broadcom" wireless card - dell truemobile 1300 or something like that. Then we will need the ndiswrapper in order to get it up and running.
The Install using FC5 should work so far that we will be able to setup the rest like audio, video, powermanagement and wireless. I still want to offer you my help.

POST = Power on Self Test and after this the BOOT Process Starts. So there is an important difference

in my case post installation means after the installation
not a power on self test

yes alright... you told me that already. What I want to know is which wireless card you've got inside? and Have you tried to disable it in the bios or using the function keys fn+f2 ? maybe then it will boot through?
-------------------------------------------------------
This is like your /etc/X11/xorg.conf should look like
******************************
Section "Monitor"
Identifier "Monitor0"
VendorName "Monitor Vendor"
ModelName "LCD Panel 1280x800"
ModeLine "1280x800@60" 83.9 1280 1312 1624 1656 800 816 824 841
Option "dpms"
EndSection

Section "Device"
Identifier "Videocard0"
Driver "i810"
VendorName "Videocard vendor"
BoardName "Intel Corporation Mobile 915GM/GMS/910GML Express Graphics Controller"
EndSection

Section "Screen"
Identifier "Screen0"
Device "Videocard0"
Monitor "Monitor0"
DefaultDepth 24
SubSection "Display"
Depth 16
Modes "1280x800"
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Depth 24
Modes "1280x800"
EndSubSection
EndSection
**************************************
But before you can do this you have to apply 915resolution.
You can download it from here: http://www.geocities.com/stomljen/91...n-0.5.2.tar.gz
When a system boots the Video BIOS is copied to RAM for faster access, this copy in RAM is what the 915resolution tool patches to allow us to get the native panel resolution working under Xorg. To get it up and running, download the latest version and unpack it, cd into it and update the Makefile to change the install location to /usr/local/sbin and then type make.
Then edited /etc/rc.d/rc.sysinit and added the following line at the end of the file.
/usr/local/sbin/915resolution 58 1280 800

I will help you with the rest dude as you called me... :-)
As soon as you prepared the system with a Install of FC5. Don't forget to tell me wich WLAN Device you use. And a little hint the Audio will not work out of the box so easily cause it's not recognized correct. I've got a fix for that also.

sorry for calling you as a dude ! i though you might be my age
the thing is the i did RHCE (7.0) in 2004. it was a 2 months fast track training in india (manglore NITK).after that i got a job as a network admin in king fahad hospital in saudi arabia.But unfortunately i couldnt keep any touch with linux.Now i am curious about linux(bcoz its tempting me(uneasy).To get the most out of linux i brought a laptop. but unfortunately after intalling it wasnt loding the os.so again i am going away from linux.(this is my odd story about linux)
i will breifly tell you the configuration of my laptop (dell inspitration 1300)

1)genuine intel processor 1.80 ghz
2) sigmatel high defination sound chip (i have doubt with the bios)
3)boardcom wireless adaptor
4)915GM mobile video adaptor

i tried all the way as you suggested me.but i couldnt fix the problem yet



so plese try to help me out


thanks for yous constant help


with warm regards


mr sachin j shetty