FC-5 Install

[Chong Yu Meng]

On Thu, 2006-09-21 at 20:48 -0500, Rick Sivernell wrote:
> > >>> Build FC-5 x86_64 on an msi K8n mobo with a AMD3000+ cpu and 2 g memory. 

I have the same motherboard, I think. Is this the MSI K8NGM2 ? Yours may
have extra ports though, because I bought the lowest end one -- no need
for Firewire, Bluetooth, that kind of thing.

Anyway, one thing you may want to try: install FC-5 using text-mode
FIRST! This will get you system that will only boot to run-level 3. You
will need to edit /etc/inittab to switch to runlevel 5 by default LATER.
After installation completes, do a "yum update". There is a veritable
shitload of updated packages that you will need to install. (Important
note: Do all this in text-mode!) 

One word of warning though: you may or may not encounter issues with the
latest kernel (2.6.17-1.2187). There were a couple reports of
strangeness after the upgrade on the Fedora list. I can't recall what
they were, but I have frozen my kernel version at 2.6.17-1.2174.

Next, install the Nvidia drivers. I can't help you from here because my
system is running text-mode only and functions as my
file/revision-control server. You may want to use the Nvidia drivers rpm
package from livna if you're feeling lazy, or you can use the binaries
provided by Nvidia itself. 

After you have done all the above, try to go to runlevel 5 ("telinit 5")
and see if you can get into the GUI. If that works, edit /etc/inittab
and change the default runlevel there.

Hope this helps! Or else, you could wait until FC6 comes out. 

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