[SOLVED] Fedora 13 crashing on install

business_kid · 06-21-2010, 03:41 AM

It's always the same. I boot on the install dvd (which checks itself out) enter keyboard, language, timezone, choose partitions, organise them, elect what to do with grub and crash with some &£@! python error about being unable to open rpmdb, no matter what I elect to do with grub. Most of the error has rolled off their little debug window anyhow.
The crash occurs at the beginning of the next stage, whatever that is. Not a regular problem - I already have fedora 9 on there.

I even tried the simple video mode install. That left me fewer options on partitions, and then managed to overwrite an lvm on my extended partition and screw the disk up :-(. Thank goodness for backups.

Any ideas/options? f9 --> F13 is hardly recommended

unSpawn · 06-21-2010, 04:40 AM

It would really, really help if you are able to post the machines HW specs and exact error messages. Sure that won't be easy but please *try*. Even if you have to use text-based installation "linux text", supply Anaconda (http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Anaconda/Options) or other command-line parameters (http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Kernel...rashes.2FHangs) and have to use a a digital camera or the one in your phone. Also see http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Common_F13_bugs.

DrLove73 · 06-21-2010, 05:10 AM

Have you tested your DVD for errors? Or/and ISO file with md5?

business_kid · 06-21-2010, 02:53 PM

Thanks very much for the replies, guys, but I found it. The dvd checks out fine. But this time,(about the 6th) it just slid past that spot and crashed out looking for some png file later on. For my sins(and my family) I spent some time working in a cd plant, and had test equipment there to test the BLER (Block Error Rate) in cds. It was clear that the faster you burned, the more errors were encountered. I just recorded at full speed. I'll do a slowly burnt copy dvd tomorrow, and try again. I still have the iso.

For the record, the box is a HP6715S twin core Turion @2Ghz w/4 Gigs and AMD RS690/Sb600 chipset vintage 2008. HD is sata, Lighrscribe DVD drive.

DrLove73 · 06-21-2010, 03:26 PM

Any bootable or installation CD/DVD I burn on the slow speed 10x for CD's, 4x for DVD's, just for that same reason.

business_kid · 06-25-2010, 12:17 PM

This is funny, so I decided to share it. AMD developers had assured me Fedora 13 was the only distro doing proper ATI graphics. So I got the iso on the offending laptop via sftp, burned a dvd on THAT dvd writer, and burned it slowly, and it was read, and installed. The console fonts were so small that it should be illegal.
glxinfo |grep OpenGL - yep, that looks good

glxgears - 175 FPS :-)))

So I went back to my old slamd install & software rendering at 365FPS, or my failed slackware-13.? efforts at 375FPS.