On Sun, 2005-03-27 at 08:32 -0700, Steve Fink wrote: > Hardware: > > Gigabyte GA-7VKMP > AMD Athlon XP Processor running at 1250mhz > Maxtor 80GB HDD > Sony DVD-RW > 2 Realtec 81390 NICS > > Software: > FC4-test1 on DVD from DVD.iso obtained from torrent. > > > Initial install was a Custom install choosing to allow Disk Druid to > partition the drives automatically using the entire HDD, > No Firewall (I like to add it later), > SELinux Disabled, > then adding Editors, > Authoring & Publishing, > Games and Entertainment, > Development Tools, > X Software Development, > Gnome Software Development, > Administration Tools and System Tools. > > The install completed fine and everything looked as expected and I > rebooted. > > RHGB started during the first boot and there were several errors about > Gtk.FALSE being deprecated and to use FALSE instead. > > Firstboot did not start and I was unable to add an additional user. > > I logged into the system as root, the system hung just after drawing the > cursor and background, I did not see the Splash Screen start. I allowed > the system to sit for approximately 10 minutes and nothing. > > I did a CTRL+ALT+F2 and received a red background console and tried to > login. The login hung also, I moved back and forth between consoles and > received a psychedelic screen with fantastically colored vertical > stripes. I hit reset and rebooted the PC. After a second RHGB with the > same Gtk errors I once again logged in as root and received the splash > screen. I was able to add a user and logout. I then attempted a login > as the newly created user, to no avail. > > I then started over this time choosing an Everything install. > > I rebooted and was greeted with Firstboot and able to input a user. > > I attempted a login as the user and waited. I never received a Splash > Screen. Moving through the consoles once again resulted in the vertical > lines. > > I then wondered if the problems with the console and such could be > related to the Onboard S3 video. > > I installed a Nvidia GeForce 3 Titanium card and booted the system. > > RHGB failed and FC4 booted in text mode after booting GDM started as > expected and I logged in, the screen sat at the same place with no > splash screen for approximately 10 minutes. > > I then moved through the consoles and was able to login with no > problems. All vertical lines were gone. > > I went to bed at this point. > > Returning after 6 hours of sleep did not change the login issue. > > I am now going to reconfigure and try the install on an Intel processor > to aid in troubleshooting. > > Best, > > Steve > Install FC4T1, then enter runlevel 3: At the grub prompt select a kernel, press "a" for append, enter " 3" (space 3). Push enter. Log in as root from the console, run yum update After the update, reboot or run init 5. Does that fix things?