[Techtalk] Fedora 13 woes

[jns at redhat.com]

----- "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