is intel core quad incompitable with fedora 9

author_unknown · 08-30-2008, 01:53 PM

hi guys today i bought a new pc with genuine intel motherboardDG31PR and intel core quad processor Q6600..... with 4 gb ram and 1 gb graphics card nvidia geforce 8600..... the prob is wen i installed fedora 9 on it everything went fine but after rebooting the system the system freezes on lo9gon screen of fedora...... even the screen doesnot show up except mouse pointer which remains stationary... what can the problem be??????????????

r3sistance · 08-30-2008, 02:18 PM

I would suggest it is something else. I have installed CentOS 5.1 on my computer and that's a Quad Core Extreme QX6700 and that runs flawlessly, considering that CentOS is a RHEL clone and Fedora is originally from Red Hat they should be similar enough... so I'd suggest the processor is not the problem.

author_unknown · 08-31-2008, 03:34 AM

i tried installation using another dvd but the output is the same... the system freezes on logon.......however the live cd of backtrack and fedora 7(kde) workded fine

author_unknown · 08-31-2008, 03:36 AM

actually the pc is not branded i bought various parts and assembled them together...the ram is of perx.. is it causing the problem....... graphics card is not the problem because fedora is identifying it correctly.....before anaconda launches

randomman · 08-31-2008, 04:53 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by author_unknown

i tried installation using another dvd but the output is the same... the system freezes on logon.......however the live cd of backtrack and fedora 7(kde) workded fine

why don't you compare the xorg.conf file setup by liveCD to that which you have setup with your fedora 9

netsurf · 08-31-2008, 06:35 AM

okay i have a q6600 in mine and it runs fedora 9 fantastic!
you dont appear to have given any info about the graphics card which makes things difficult since the card can be detected but i think fedora 9 uses the vesa driver anyway for the install.

you may wish to try removing quite and rhgb from your kernel line parameters and see if you can find out what it actually crashes on if it is the graphics then it should get past the loading stage first and you can edit things from there

author_unknown · 08-31-2008, 01:12 PM

its in my first post sir...
the graphics card is "nvidia geforce 8600GT 1 gb" .

and as i mentioned its identifying the graphics card correctly before anaconda starts

netsurf · 08-31-2008, 01:25 PM

hmm not sure how i missed that detail...
i would recommend that you check your xorg like mentioned in the other posts. maybe run System-config-display and check that the correct driver is being used. "NV" if the problem still persists also try seeing if vesa driver works. please post the content of /etc/X11/xorg.conf regardless.

author_unknown · 08-31-2008, 07:58 PM

but how??????? The system freezes before logon screen apears and through grub also i m not able to login into the singleuser mode.

John VV · 08-31-2008, 09:43 PM

use the install dvd in rescue mode .after a few screens you will be asked to type in " chroot /mnt/sysimage
then login as root
and edit grub.conf
use nano or vi

Code:

nano /boot/grub/grub.conf

the output will have a line that looks something like this ( fedora8 )

Code:

title Fedora (2.6.25.14-69.fc8)
        root (hd1,2)
        kernel /vmlinuz-2.6.25.14-69.fc8 ro root=LABEL=/ rhgb quiet
        initrd /initrd-2.6.25.14-69.fc8.img
title Fedora (2.6.25.11-60.fc8)

edit " rhgb quiet " to " rhgb " use " ctrl+o " then "enter" to save

author_unknown · 09-02-2008, 05:25 AM

sorry sir when i did as u said ... the system even didnt boot.....
the message of booting failed was displayed after a few seconds when i turned on the power

cotsios · 09-05-2008, 12:16 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by author_unknown

sorry sir when i did as u said ... the system even didnt boot.....
the message of booting failed was displayed after a few seconds when i turned on the power

Hi guys ...
I suggest to disable the ACPI on startup. Pass the noacpi parameter to the kernel on boot time.

kingrolo · 09-05-2008, 02:32 AM

Simple...I haven't read the whole thread just your first question

but I have the same setup and had the same problem.

1. Start again.
2. Install Fedora 9 in text mode.
3. yum install kernel-devel
4. Get all yum updates (not essetial).
5. 'wget' the nvidia drivers from their website.
6. install. yes to all q's
7. 'startx'

that's it. no need to start messing with config files yourself.

HTH.

John VV · 09-05-2008, 11:02 AM

Quote:

5. 'wget' the nvidia drivers from their website.

these drivers use a different GL lib and will also require building and installing " mesaGL " from source for some/most prebuilt rpm's to work correctly .
install the nvidia kmod or akmod from the lvina repo
http://rpm.livna.org/rlowiki/
see this how to
http://www.mjmwired.net/resources/mjm-fedora-f9.html
and
http://www.mjmwired.net/resources/mj...f9.html#nvidia

also try adding noacpi
at boot hit " tab" button and add noacpi to the boot parameters

author_unknown · 09-10-2008, 11:53 AM

funny thing.....

i booted the system in runlevel 3 and then after logging in i typed startx and the system ran smoothly..... but directly its not booting in runlevel 5......

here is my grub. conf....... the ro root arguement seems to be strange.....

# grub.conf generated by anaconda
#
# Note that you do not have to rerun grub after making changes to this file
# NOTICE: You have a /boot partition. This means that
# all kernel and initrd paths are relative to /boot/, eg.
# root (hd0,7)
# kernel /vmlinuz-version ro root=/dev/VolGroup00/LogVol00
# initrd /initrd-version.img
#boot=/dev/sda
default=0
timeout=5
splashimage=(hd0,7)/grub/splash.xpm.gz
hiddenmenu
title Fedora (2.6.25-14.fc9.x86_64)
root (hd0,7)
kernel /vmlinuz-2.6.25-14.fc9.x86_64 ro root=UUID=e1f77e85-e94a-4e7f-9346-35d4e4997be0 rhgb quiet
initrd /initrd-2.6.25-14.fc9.x86_64.img
title Windows XP
rootnoverify (hd0,0)
chainloader +1