On Sun, 2011-12-25 at 13:55 +0100, Swapnil Bhartiya wrote: > Hi, > > I did not want that subject line, but am forced to. > > I have been writing about Fedora on Muktware and the review was massive > hit -- around 80,000 reads. Users liked the review and our articles. But > since now I myself am not able to run Fedora on both my machine I don't > know how to write about it. I am willing to share info (error messages) > with you so as to be able to use Fedora. > > I have been a long time Ubuntu user and decided to switch post Unity > mess. I tried Fedora 16 and loved it. I installed it on both my main PC > (which has Nvidia GTX 470 card) and Dell XPS. The main was stuck at > boot, after first reboot and installing Nvidia drivers. Could not find a > fix and started using openSUSE. Just today the Fedora on XPS also got > stuck during boot and shows "use systemct1 default" or Ctrl D. Not able > to boot into the system. I posted the issue about main PC on the forum > but did not get any solution, which I totally understand as its > volunteer list and not everyone may face the same problem. But since > Fedora is not running on both my PCs I am in bad position. I do want to > use Fedora, but due to my own technical limiations I can't. I > desperately seek your help to enable me to use Fedora :( > > Best > Swapnil Bhartiya Hey Swapnil, I'm glad you've been enjoying Fedora. Some time ago, I was an Ubuntu user, and I think it provided a valuable introduction to the Linux ecosystem for me. Most seasoned users will attest that their choice of distro is a personal choice, with some exceptions for special purpose applications. Okay, you aren't looking to start a flamewar on the best distro, that just wouldn't be appropriate for a support list, so I'll get to some helpful information... Fedora now uses systemd for it's init system. The init system is responsible for spawning daemons, managing service dependencies, and generally helping the system get from a bare kernel to a useful system. For more information on using Fedora with systemd, read here: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Systemd . I'd also encourage you to at least skim over the developer's writings, links from the wiki page to 0pointer.de pages, for a better understanding of systemd. But how does this help YOU? With your desktop, I'd venture a guess that your GPU is too new to have 3D support from nouveau, the free driver. Fedora doesn't distribute the 'nvidia' driver, but we can install it sanely from a 3rd party source. Since you haven't said how you got the nvidia drivers, I'll head in that direction. We can help your laptop along the way. If you are familiar with the concept of 'runlevels,' there are parallels with systemd to accomplish the same goals. You can still use the numerical designations - append {1, 3, 5} to your kernel boot line - but it's valuable to know how the system works, so we'll use systemd. Since your system can't boot to a graphical interface, we need to stop at a 'lower runlevel.' The systemd way would be to append `systemd.unit=multiuser.target` - roughly analogous to a runlevel 3. You should be able to log into a working bash session at this point (if not, try a different target.) See if you can pull anything helpful from the logs to share {/var/log/messages, /var/log/Xorg.0.log, others.} While you might be able to get by with an nvidia-xconfig to generate an xorg.conf, if you downloaded the nvidia binaries from nvidia, you should uninstall them, set up the 'rpmfusion' repo and install the packaged drivers they provide, by following these instructions: http://fedorasolved.org/video-solutions/nvidia-yum-kmod It is a good idea to install akmod-nvidia with kmod-nvidia, this will locally build the driver for new kernels if needed. Finally, create a basic xorg.conf file with the command `nvidia-xconfig` and reboot to load the drivers. If it doesn't work as expected, return to the lower target and share the logs. Please let us know how it works out, and if you discover specific symptoms we can help with. If you have trouble interpreting your logs, fedora has fpaste, similar to ubuntu's pastebin(it?) so you can publicly share them. HTH, Pete -- 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 Have a question? Ask away: http://ask.fedoraproject.org
