---------------------------------------- > Date: Thu, 16 Jul 2009 11:52:09 -0700 > From: developer@xxxxxxxxx > To: fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx > Subject: Re: F11 upgrade - worse than Windows > > PS = Pete Stieber > PS>> How did you get a shell when you were in the > PS>> "Please wait while setup is finished. This > PS>> may take a while" state? > > KC = Kevin J. Cummings > KC> CTRL-ALT-F2 usually does it when you are running > KC> anaconda.... > > PS>> I'm stuck in this state with a desktop machine. > PS>> I'm updating F10 -> F11 with the network install > PS>> CD and can't tell why it is stuck. I started > PS>> the install 19 hours ago. > > KC> CTRL-ALT-F3, CTRL-ALT-F4, and CTRL-ALT-F5 usually > KC> contain interesting information during an anaconda > KC> install. I think console 3 has the anaconda logs, > KC> console 4 has syslog messages, and console 5 has > KC> the Xorg log. > > Thanks Kevin. That's exactly what I needed! > > In the shell I ran top, and Xorg is consuming 97% of CPU with anaconda > consuming the rest. Maybe the video driver is causing me grief. > > Is there anything I can do to give anaconda more priority or get Xorg > out of the way? > > Pete > > -- > fedora-list mailing list > fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx > To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list > Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Communicate/MailingListGuidelines Increasing priority will probably not be helpful - but from the shell, you can issue renice --10 where is the anaconda process id. You could also drastically decrease the priority of the Xserver by renice +20 Again, I doubt it would help very much at all. Cheers, MM _________________________________________________________________ Insert movie times and more without leaving Hotmail®. http://windowslive.com/Tutorial/Hotmail/QuickAdd?ocid=TXT_TAGLM_WL_HM_Tutorial_QuickAdd_062009 -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Communicate/MailingListGuidelines
