[Techtalk] Fedora 13 woes

[Kathryn Marks]

Just wanted to say thanks.  When I have a chance, I'll try it out and report
back.

On Wed, Jun 2, 2010 at 11:48 PM, <jns at redhat.com> wrote:

> ----- "Kathryn Marks" <kathryn.linux at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > On Wed, Jun 2, 2010 at 11:34 PM, < jns at redhat.com > wrote:
> >
> >
> > ----- "Kathryn Marks" < kathryn.linux at gmail.com > wrote:
> > <snip>
> >
> > > As far as system specs, it's an Intel Core2Quad on an ASRock mobo.
> > It
> > > was
> > > built for me at a mom and pop type place here in Korea.
> > </snip>
> >
> > What is the CPU model? You can just 'cat /proc/cpuinfo' and we can see
> > if it supports 64-bit. That'd be the first thing I would look at. I
> > guess the more obvious question is, are you using 64-bit now with F10?
> > Just type 'uname -m' to check for x86_64. I'm assuming you just got
> > the wrong arch, so my apologies if you already took that into account.
> >
> >
> > Definitely a 64 bit CPU. I'm currently using F10 64.
> >
> > [kathryn at Nova ~]$ uname -a
> > Linux Nova 2.6.27.41-170.2.117.fc10.x86_64 #1 SMP Thu Dec 10 10:36:29
> > EST 2009 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux
> >
> > [kathryn at Nova ~]$ cat /proc/cpuinfo
> > processor : 0
> > vendor_id : GenuineIntel
> > cpu family : 6
> > model : 23
> > model name : Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Quad CPU Q8200 @ 2.33GHz
> > stepping : 7
> > cpu MHz : 2336.000
> > cache size : 2048 KB
> > physical id : 0
> > siblings : 4
> > core id : 0
> > cpu cores : 4
> > apicid : 0
> > initial apicid : 0
> > fpu : yes
> > fpu_exception : yes
> > cpuid level : 10
> > wp : yes
> > flags : fpu vme de pse tsc msr pae mce cx8 apic sep mtrr pge mca cmov
> > pat pse36 clflush dts acpi mmx fxsr sse sse2 ss ht tm pbe syscall lm
> > constant_tsc arch_perfmon pebs bts rep_good nopl pni monitor ds_cpl
> > est tm2 ssse3 cx16 xtpr sse4_1 lahf_lm
> > bogomips : 4654.99
> > clflush size : 64
> > cache_alignment : 64
> > address sizes : 36 bits physical, 48 bits virtual
> > power management:
> >
> > processor : 1
> > vendor_id : GenuineIntel
> > cpu family : 6
> > model : 23
> > model name : Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Quad CPU Q8200 @ 2.33GHz
> > stepping : 7
> > cpu MHz : 2336.000
> > cache size : 2048 KB
> > physical id : 0
> > siblings : 4
> > core id : 1
> > cpu cores : 4
> > apicid : 1
> > initial apicid : 1
> > fpu : yes
> > fpu_exception : yes
> > cpuid level : 10
> > wp : yes
> > flags : fpu vme de pse tsc msr pae mce cx8 apic sep mtrr pge mca cmov
> > pat pse36 clflush dts acpi mmx fxsr sse sse2 ss ht tm pbe syscall lm
> > constant_tsc arch_perfmon pebs bts rep_good nopl pni monitor ds_cpl
> > est tm2 ssse3 cx16 xtpr sse4_1 lahf_lm
> > bogomips : 4654.98
> > clflush size : 64
> > cache_alignment : 64
> > address sizes : 36 bits physical, 48 bits virtual
> > power management:
> >
> > processor : 2
> > vendor_id : GenuineIntel
> > cpu family : 6
> > model : 23
> > model name : Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Quad CPU Q8200 @ 2.33GHz
> > stepping : 7
> > cpu MHz : 2336.000
> > cache size : 2048 KB
> > physical id : 0
> > siblings : 4
> > core id : 2
> > cpu cores : 4
> > apicid : 2
> > initial apicid : 2
> > fpu : yes
> > fpu_exception : yes
> > cpuid level : 10
> > wp : yes
> > flags : fpu vme de pse tsc msr pae mce cx8 apic sep mtrr pge mca cmov
> > pat pse36 clflush dts acpi mmx fxsr sse sse2 ss ht tm pbe syscall lm
> > constant_tsc arch_perfmon pebs bts rep_good nopl pni monitor ds_cpl
> > est tm2 ssse3 cx16 xtpr sse4_1 lahf_lm
> > bogomips : 4654.99
> > clflush size : 64
> > cache_alignment : 64
> > address sizes : 36 bits physical, 48 bits virtual
> > power management:
> >
> > processor : 3
> > vendor_id : GenuineIntel
> > cpu family : 6
> > model : 23
> > model name : Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Quad CPU Q8200 @ 2.33GHz
> > stepping : 7
> > cpu MHz : 2336.000
> > cache size : 2048 KB
> > physical id : 0
> > siblings : 4
> > core id : 3
> > cpu cores : 4
> > apicid : 3
> > initial apicid : 3
> > fpu : yes
> > fpu_exception : yes
> > cpuid level : 10
> > wp : yes
> > flags : fpu vme de pse tsc msr pae mce cx8 apic sep mtrr pge mca cmov
> > pat pse36 clflush dts acpi mmx fxsr sse sse2 ss ht tm pbe syscall lm
> > constant_tsc arch_perfmon pebs bts rep_good nopl pni monitor ds_cpl
> > est tm2 ssse3 cx16 xtpr sse4_1 lahf_lm
> > bogomips : 4655.00
> > clflush size : 64
> > cache_alignment : 64
> > address sizes : 36 bits physical, 48 bits virtual
> > power management:
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > The power thing has me thinking it's not a video driver issue; also
> > are you getting to the Fedora installation splash screen? I'm a bit
> > unfamiliar with live cds, sorry. Can you boot from a regular install
> > ISO, just as a test?
> >
> >
> >
> > I'm not even getting to the splash screen. I can hear the CD spinning
> > but I'm getting nothing on the display. Normally, when all is working
> > fine, the power light is blue. When the computer is off but the
> > monitor is on, the light is red.
> >
> > I'll start a download of the DVD and check that out tomorrow after
> > work.
> >
> >
> >
> > --
> > ~Kathryn
>
> Ah, found it.  Sorry, it *is* the video card.  It's a bug in F13.  For now,
> try the 'boot from generic vesa driver' option or whatever it's called.
>
> https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=582472
>
> Sorry!!
>
> --Jess
>



-- 
~Kathryn