Kde display issue - x64 & x86

[xorphan]

I've been experimenting with a few versions of Fedora.

Fedora 10 live kde both x64 & x86 variants

Fedora 11 live kde both x64 & x86 variants

Test rig: LG S1 Pro Express Dual - Graphics: ATI x1600

Issue:


Once I've loaded the live CD of either version and I'm logged into the desktop, any folder or options menu I attempt to open displays in huge writing and unreadable, as a result I'm unable to modify system settings.

I do not experience this issue running Live Gnome on either variants of Fedora live.

Is there any way to adjust this, my desktop otherwise displays perfectly?

http://img5.imageshack.us/img5/1259/img00004200904181830.th.jpg (http://img5.imageshack.us/my.php?image=img00004200904181830.jpg)

[tho.mei]

Hallo xorphan

1. Press Ctrl+Alt+F2
2. Login as root
3. init 3
4. run: system-config-display
5. select the correct monitor and gpu
6. init 5

may this fixes it problem.

[xorphan]

command not found for *system-config-display*

perhaps because this is a live cd?

I cannot install due to the install menu not being visible also.

[tho.mei]

Hallo xorphan

tray to install in text mode. Often every thing works after installation fine.
see: http://forums.fedoraforum.org/showpost.php?p=1202292&postcount=2

I hope, I could help you. If not, post again.

[xorphan]

Question:

Can I just install for example, Fedora 10 or 11 Beta Gnome, and then install the KDE Packages.

[tho.mei]

Hallo xorphan

You are able to install KDE or Gnome... (or what ever you like) in text mode installation. It is only a different method to interact with the same installation process.

[xorphan]

Thanks for your help, I've decided to just stick with the live CD until this official 11 release comes out.

Too much work to stabilize an OS with a new version coming out in the next few weeks.

Thanks again.

[marko]

Thanks for your help, I've decided to just stick with the live CD until this official 11 release comes out.

Too much work to stabilize an OS with a new version coming out in the next few weeks.

Thanks again.

Not really, if you put the Fedora 11 beta on the hard disk from the Live disk, later when F11 Official arrives you can get by with doing a "yum update" or use PackageKit.

What it would do is update your 'fedora-release' package, that will change your repository set up to point to the official repositories instead of the rawhide one.
Then on your next update, you'll be updated to be Fedora 11 Official. That would be a lot of packages though.

[xorphan]

Sounds like a plan but, this kde issue mentioned above is a real headache.

The only way I can install is through gnome or text mode though.

Should I be expecting this to support my hardware since the official release version 10 does the same thing in the photo above?

[marko]

That picture looks like your resolution is just set way wrong. I can emulate the same problem by setting my
display which is normally 1920x1200 (24" LCD display) to something tiny like 400x300.

If Gnome works, install with that and then you can install "KDE Desktop Environment (KDE)" group later.

[xorphan]

sounds like a plan I'll update this post reflecting the Gnome install, then adding KDE.

I'm currently downloading the full DVD install, should I wait or run the Live gnome install?

thanks again for all the help.

I'm new to fedora if you haven't already noticed.


-UPDATE-

Once I've loaded Fedora 11 live gnome this is the first message I get upon startup prior to install,
This is gonna be a long night. :) I'm guessing this is a beta issue, but oddly enough I get a similar kernel failure message using Fedora 10. I hope I don't need to revert to Ubuntu.


Kernel failure message 1:
BUG: MAX_LOCKDEP_ENTRIES too low!
turning off the locking correctness validator.
md: raid0 personality registered for level 0
md: raid1 personality registered for level 1
xor: automatically using best checksumming function: pIII_sse
pIII_sse : 3384.000 MB/sec
xor: using function: pIII_sse (3384.000 MB/sec)
async_tx: api initialized (async)
raid6: int32x1 335 MB/s
raid6: int32x2 390 MB/s
raid6: int32x4 304 MB/s
raid6: int32x8 234 MB/s
raid6: mmxx1 1226 MB/s
raid6: mmxx2 1265 MB/s
raid6: sse1x1 875 MB/s
raid6: sse1x2 988 MB/s
raid6: sse2x1 1640 MB/s
raid6: sse2x2 1816 MB/s
raid6: using algorithm sse2x2 (1816 MB/s)
md: raid6 personality registered for level 6
md: raid5 personality registered for level 5
md: raid4 personality registered for level 4
md: raid10 personality registered for level 10
GFS2 (built Mar 24 2009 18:39:19) installed
JFS: nTxBlock = 8192, nTxLock = 65536
SGI XFS with ACLs, security attributes, large block/inode numbers, no debug enabled
SGI XFS Quota Management subsystem
Btrfs loaded
device-mapper: multipath round-robin: version 1.0.0 loaded