---- Geoffrey Leach <geoff@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On 07/05/2010 03:28:20 PM, awrobinson-ml@xxxxxxxxx wrote: > > > > ---- Geoffrey Leach <geoff@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > On 07/05/2010 01:27:01 PM, awrobinson-ml@xxxxxxxxx wrote: > > > > I am trying to install Fedora on a PC I built. I had Windows XP > > > > running on it for more than a year without any apparent problems. > <snip> > > > > Hardware: > > > > Motherboard: BIOSTAR TFORCE TF520-A2 AM2 NVIDIA nForce 520 MCP ATX > > AMD > > Processor: AMD Athlon 64 X2 4200+ Brisbane 2.2GHz Socket AM2 65W > > Dual-Core Processor > > Video Card: MSI NX8400GS-TD256E GeForce 8400 GS 256MB 64-bit GDDR2 > > PCI > > Express > > Memory: A-DATA 2GB (2 x 1GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 800 (PC2 6400) > > Dual Channel > > Memory: A-DATA 4GB (2 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 800 (PC2 6400) > > Dual Channel > > (6 GB total) > > Hard drive: SAMSUNG EcoGreen F2 HD103SI 1TB 5400 RPM SATA 3.0Gb/s > > 3.5" > <snip> > I wasn't able to discover anyything about Fedora compatibility with > your Biostar MB, so you might well be in unexplored territory. It > appears that the hardware compatibility lists for Fedora are no longer > maintained, alas. > > The Nvidia FOSS driver for X (NV) might be a problem for you. I suggest > you stay at runlevel 3 until your problems are resolved. If R/L 5 > causes you a problem after that, try the proprietary driver. I've found > that it works well. > > You didn't say where your Fedora came from. Are you sure that it's > clean? > Pretty sure. I used the netinstall CD for both 13 and 12. I checked the md256sum for the Fedora 13 iso. I downloaded both from the Fedora site, so they came from a Fedora-specific mirror. And there is the fact that I got the same behaviour from both. Again, please keep the questions coming. I really want to resolve this. > -- > users mailing list > users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > To unsubscribe or change subscription options: > https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users > Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines
