FC3 locks on first boot after install

[warnockm]

I've been running several versions of redhat and fedora through the years, but this is an interesting problem. I installed FC3 on a machine and on the first boot after install, my screen locks up w/ vertical RGB lines. I figured this was a video card issue so i booted into run mode 3 and changed some lines in my xorg.conf file. i took out the 800x600 option so it has to boot into 640x480. I saved and rebooted w/ no luck. So i booted into RM3 again and ran "startx". X started up just fine and ran w/ no problems. I ran the Screen Resolution program and changed the refresh rate to 60hz. I rebooted with no luck. I seems that the video card is working fine and x is starting up correctly, but it is not getting through the rest of the installation. Does anyone have any suggestions? Are there more default display settings i can try? are there settings for the post install program that i should be editing?

Thanks!!

[imdeemvp]

During installation at the monitor prompt try using the LCD or CRT generic drivers.... they are listed at the very top of the list.

[warnockm]

Not sure about your installation, but i use the text install, and it auto detects the devices and doesn't give you an option to change them. I tried booting into the GUI install but it gave me the same vertical lines. Can i change the device AFTER i install fedora?

thanks,

[warnockm]

I went into X and change my monitor to Generic CRT. No luck.

Anything else?

[mndar]

I had a similar problem when I booted FC3 for the firsttime. The culprit was the program 'firstboot', I entered the Interactive boot sequence and selected 'n' when it asked me to start 'firstboot'. Give that a shot.

[warnockm]

Originally Posted by mndar

I had a similar problem when I booted FC3 for the firsttime. The culprit was the program 'firstboot', I entered the Interactive boot sequence and selected 'n' when it asked me to start 'firstboot'. Give that a shot.

Thanks, i tried this. First off, this is kinda odd, but press "I" doesn't make it go into interactive mode. So i started playing around. in /etc/init.d there is a firstboot script. I removed this. Then i see there is a first boot shell in /usr/sbin, so i removed that. also, there is a config file in /etc/sysconfig/ that says FIRSTBOOT=NO

If it is starting up, i dont know how to turn it off. do u have any suggestions? I've never had this much trouble w/ an install before. i typically can fix this kinda sutff!

thanks

[warnockm]

Found the culprit... it was CUPS locking up. go figure!