David responded with a list of things to try on my f10 X problems
...
> 7) Read:
> http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Communicate/MailingListGuidelines#Write_a_Good_Subject_Line
> and perhaps start a new thread, because currently the subject line of
> this long thread is not describing your current iss
On Fri, 2009-05-08 at 10:11 -0700, jackson byers wrote:
> first clearly identifying who wrote any msg i am quoting
> and then identifying my reply with "jbyers:" at the start
> of each block I am replying to.
> My reading of the guidelines i think says that is ok.
The difference between what y
On Sat, May 9, 2009 at 3:11 AM, jackson byers wrote:
> I want to thank you for taking the time to write your criticism of my
> replies.
No problem, I'm not the fedoralist police or anything else special,
just trying to steer you towards getting your problem solved. Right
from the start my impres
David responded:
My (differing) interpretation of the above is that he is reporting
success at reaching text login in f10. But like much of what he
writes, it is hard to be sure what he is actually saying.
Jack I am on of many contributors to this thread who thinks that it
would be a lot easier f
jbyers:
> Any ideas on the failing X server?
>
Craig:
not really but /var/log/Xorg.0.log and /var/log/Xorg.setup.log should be
able to tell you/us what the problem is. If you do post the Xorg.0.log
to the list, you might want to also include output of 'lspci -v' too
Craig
--
jbyers:
Ok,
On Thu, 2009-05-07 at 19:40 -0700, jackson byers wrote:
> Craig responded:
>
> boot F10 in runlevel 3
> login as root
> yum update mkinitrd
> yum update
> yum install system-config-display
> system-config-display --reconfig
>
> If you do all that, can run 'startx' and be happy, I suppose you are
Craig responded:
boot F10 in runlevel 3
login as root
yum update mkinitrd
yum update
yum install system-config-display
system-config-display --reconfig
If you do all that, can run 'startx' and be happy, I suppose you are
good.
Craig
jbyers:
all went ok except las
On Thu, 2009-05-07 at 13:45 -0700, jackson byers wrote:
> David:
> > My (differing) interpretation of the above is that he is reporting
> > success at reaching text login in f10. But like much of what he
> > writes, it is hard to be sure what he is actually saying.
>
> Craig:
> it doesn't make
David:
> My (differing) interpretation of the above is that he is reporting
> success at reaching text login in f10. But like much of what he
> writes, it is hard to be sure what he is actually saying.
Craig:
it doesn't make sense that he can't boot from his F10 installation
directly but chain
On Thu, 2009-05-07 at 09:27 -0700, jackson byers wrote:
> > A. let it boot up until the screen disappears...
> > press
> >
> > or
> >
> > B. Press a key at the grub prompt and highlight the kernel with the
> > arrow keys and press the letter 'e', move down to the kernel line and
> > press the lett
> A. let it boot up until the screen disappears...
> press
>
> or
>
> B. Press a key at the grub prompt and highlight the kernel with the
> arrow keys and press the letter 'e', move down to the kernel line and
> press the letter 'e'. Add a space and put in the number "3" to tell it
> to boot to ru
On Thu, 2009-05-07 at 10:41 +1000, David wrote:
> On Thu, May 7, 2009 at 8:02 AM, Craig White wrote:
> > On Wed, 2009-05-06 at 14:49 -0700, jackson byers wrote:
> >> I finally went back to my fc5 and put a space and a "3" at end of
> >> kernel line
> >> in the f10 grub.conf.
> >> This got me t
On Thu, May 7, 2009 at 8:02 AM, Craig White wrote:
> On Wed, 2009-05-06 at 14:49 -0700, jackson byers wrote:
>> I finally went back to my fc5 and put a space and a "3" at end of kernel
>> line
>> in the f10 grub.conf.
>> This got me to login
> well, it won't do you any good since you are not
On Wed, 2009-05-06 at 14:49 -0700, jackson byers wrote:
> Craig responded:
> Either...
>
> A. let it boot up until the screen disappears...
> press
>
> or
>
> B. Press a key at the grub prompt and highlight the kernel with the
> arrow keys and press the letter 'e', move down to the kernel line
Craig responded:
Either...
A. let it boot up until the screen disappears...
press
or
B. Press a key at the grub prompt and highlight the kernel with the
arrow keys and press the letter 'e', move down to the kernel line and
press the letter 'e'. Add a space and put in the number "3" to tell it
t
On Wed, 2009-05-06 at 09:16 -0700, jackson byers wrote:
> That's interesting - I didn't actually see how you are sending HTML.
> My Gmail is set to "default text encoding" (not UTF-8) and I seem to
> be sending messages in text:
That's two DIFFERENT things.
UTF-8 is a form of encoding text (thi
On Wed, 2009-05-06 at 09:00 -0700, jackson byers wrote:
> jbyers:
> end of quote re "scsi_mod.scan=sync"
>
> Important Note: mkinitrd-6.0.71-3.fc10 fixes the issue above!! Please
> update your system after fixing manually, or better after booting
> using the kernel argument "scsi_mod.scan=sync" !!
On Wed, 2009-05-06 at 09:00 -0700, jackson byers wrote:
> thanks for response
It is customary for quoted text to be prefixed with a ">" symbol so
readers can EASILY tell which is quoted text, and which is new
(responses to questions). Quotes of quotes get an extra ">" symbol each
time around. An
Sam Sharpe responded
2009/5/5 jackson byers :
> jbyers:
> html? my apologies, i had no idea.
> I guess i need some info in gmail how not to do that.
> in my gmail setting
> Outgoing message encoding:
> Use default text encoding for outgoing messages < Use Unicode (UTF-8) encoding for outgoing me
jbyers:
end of quote re "scsi_mod.scan=sync"
Important Note: mkinitrd-6.0.71-3.fc10 fixes the issue above!! Please
update your system after fixing manually, or better after booting
using the kernel argument "scsi_mod.scan=sync" !!!
---
Craig:
If you read Bill Nottingham's comment (# 19), the solut
Patrick O'Callaghan wrote:
On Wed, 2009-05-06 at 15:23 +0100, Sharpe, Sam J wrote:
Patrick O'Callaghan wrote:
On Wed, 2009-05-06 at 22:47 +1000, David wrote:
On Wed, May 6, 2009 at 7:30 PM, Tim wrote:
On Tue, 2009-05-05 at 09:57 -0700, jackson byers wrote:
I guess i need some info in gmail
On Wed, 2009-05-06 at 15:23 +0100, Sharpe, Sam J wrote:
> Patrick O'Callaghan wrote:
> > On Wed, 2009-05-06 at 22:47 +1000, David wrote:
> >> On Wed, May 6, 2009 at 7:30 PM, Tim wrote:
> >>> On Tue, 2009-05-05 at 09:57 -0700, jackson byers wrote:
> I guess i need some info in gmail how not to
Patrick O'Callaghan wrote:
On Wed, 2009-05-06 at 22:47 +1000, David wrote:
On Wed, May 6, 2009 at 7:30 PM, Tim wrote:
On Tue, 2009-05-05 at 09:57 -0700, jackson byers wrote:
I guess i need some info in gmail how not to do that.
in my gmail setting
nothing here explicitly HTML
the option you
On Wed, 2009-05-06 at 22:47 +1000, David wrote:
> On Wed, May 6, 2009 at 7:30 PM, Tim wrote:
> > On Tue, 2009-05-05 at 09:57 -0700, jackson byers wrote:
> >> I guess i need some info in gmail how not to do that.
> >> in my gmail setting
> >> nothing here explicitly HTML
> >
> > the option you want
On Wed, May 6, 2009 at 7:30 PM, Tim wrote:
> On Tue, 2009-05-05 at 09:57 -0700, jackson byers wrote:
>> I guess i need some info in gmail how not to do that.
>> in my gmail setting
>> nothing here explicitly HTML
>
> the option you want. It'll be some option about rich text, formatted
> text, or
Tim wrote:
On Tue, 2009-05-05 at 09:57 -0700, jackson byers wrote:
I guess i need some info in gmail how not to do that.
in my gmail setting
Outgoing message encoding:
Use default text encoding for outgoing messages <
Use Unicode (UTF-8) encoding for outgoing messages
nothing here expl
On Tue, 2009-05-05 at 09:57 -0700, jackson byers wrote:
> I guess i need some info in gmail how not to do that.
> in my gmail setting
> Outgoing message encoding:
> Use default text encoding for outgoing messages < Use Unicode (UTF-8) encoding for outgoing messages
> nothing here explicit
On Wed, May 6, 2009 at 6:56 AM, Craig White wrote:
> On Tue, 2009-05-05 at 13:31 -0700, jackson byers wrote:
>> David wrote
>> Just in case you are not aware of this Jackson, it may help to know
>> that the boot process and messages can be paused by pressing ctrlS and
>> resumed by ctrlQ
>> --
On Tue, 2009-05-05 at 13:31 -0700, jackson byers wrote:
> David wrote
> Just in case you are not aware of this Jackson, it may help to know
> that the boot process and messages can be paused by pressing ctrlS and
> resumed by ctrlQ
>
> jbyers:
>
> thanks David, that helps me look at all m
David wrote
Just in case you are not aware of this Jackson, it may help to know
that the boot process and messages can be paused by pressing ctrlS and
resumed by ctrlQ
jbyers:
thanks David, that helps me look at all msgs up to some point
shy of the failure point
which is something like
W
2009/5/5 jackson byers :
> jbyers:
> html? my apologies, i had no idea.
> I guess i need some info in gmail how not to do that.
> in my gmail setting
> Outgoing message encoding:
> Use default text encoding for outgoing messages < Use Unicode (UTF-8) encoding for outgoing messages
> nothing here
jbyers:
> I explicitly said they are scsi disks in one of my responses
> and yes they are 36gb
> Again, does using scsi disks mean i have special requirements?
craig responded
you probably did - reading through your e-mails is very tough because
you continue to use HTML format which really mak
On Tue, May 5, 2009 at 1:30 PM, Craig White wrote:
> F10 so I would want to look at the debugging info on the startup screen
> for more information at this point.
Just in case you are not aware of this Jackson, it may help to know
that the boot process and messages can be paused by pressing ctrlS
On Mon, 2009-05-04 at 19:39 -0700, jackson byers wrote:
> >>selecting the norhgbquiet stanza
> >>gives me a long list of boot msgs, lasting longer than seen before
> >>and it appears to quit
> >>starting X server
>
> >>screen then goes blank
>
> >>does this help narrow down what is wrong?
>
> >
>>selecting the norhgbquiet stanza
>>gives me a long list of boot msgs, lasting longer than seen before
>>and it appears to quit
>>starting X server
>>screen then goes blank
>>does this help narrow down what is wrong?
>>Jack
--
Craig responded
>not really...
>Comment the line that says hi
On Mon, 2009-05-04 at 14:44 -0700, jackson byers wrote:
> newest info: f10 appears to quit when starting X server, see below
>
>
> I had modified f10 grub.conf to have 3 stanzas
>
> 1 f10 orig rhgb quiet
> 2 f10 norhgbquiet
> 3 fc5 chainloader
>
> But, had to hit esc while booting to see
newest info: f10 appears to quit when starting X server, see below
I had modified f10 grub.conf to have 3 stanzas
1 f10 orig rhgb quiet
2 f10 norhgbquiet
3 fc5 chainloader
But, had to hit esc while booting to see my 3 stanzas
ie I dont get presented with this list unless i hit esc
so there
Craig responded:
you didn't post the whole grub.conf so it's not possible to compare it
to the entry for FC5
Obviously we now know you have 2 hard disks so it probably would be
helpful to show output of
grub.conf
fdisk -l /dev/sda
fdisk -l /dev/sdb
yes, if you remove 'rhgb quiet' entries from g
On Mon, 2009-05-04 at 12:00 -0700, jackson byers wrote:
> Craig responded:
> boot the F10 DVD - choose 'Rescue mode' and do not install again
> <<<
>
> Accept the default options and it should locate the Fedora 10
> installation automatically and leave you at a command prompt
>
> Type...
Craig responded:
boot the F10 DVD - choose 'Rescue mode' and do not install again
<<<
Accept the default options and it should locate the Fedora 10
installation automatically and leave you at a command prompt
Type...
chroot /mnt/sysimage
grub-install /dev/sda
exit
exit
remove the DVD and
jbyers reply
2) I next tried allowing the f10 install on sda1 have grub install into mbr
of sda,
thus replacing the fc5 grub into mbr of sda5. <<--
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jackson byers wrote:
> reinstalled f10dvd media ck said ok
Any chance you could re-post your question using complete words and
sentences,
and a complete description of what you have done and what you expect to see,
and what you actually see?
I read your message four times and I
On Sun, 2009-05-03 at 16:17 -0700, jackson byers wrote:
> I am out of ideas,
> using a purchased osdisc fedora 10 dvd
>
> reinstalled f10dvd media ck said ok
> this time using minimum options
> and this time accepting default of mbr sda
> install said successful
> but on reboot get exactly sam
Frank Cox wrote:
> Any chance you could re-post your question using complete words and sentences,
you may need to express yourself in simpler terms.
people who post in 'html' have trouble understanding and communicating. :)
--
peace out.
tc,hago.
g
.
in a free world without fences, wh
On Sun, 03 May 2009 16:17:41 -0700
jackson byers wrote:
> reinstalled f10dvd media ck said ok
Any chance you could re-post your question using complete words and sentences,
and a complete description of what you have done and what you expect to see,
and what you actually see?
I read your messa
I am out of ideas,
using a purchased osdisc fedora 10 dvd
reinstalled f10dvd media ck said ok
this time using minimum options
and this time accepting default of mbr sda
install said successful
but on reboot get exactly same errors as seen
previously when f10 grub into sda1 notmbr , (then was
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