Problem w/ FC5 x86_64 Install - Anaconda doesn't start

[berlindx]

Hey, i've been trying to get Fedora 5 installed on my computer but its not working. After setup probes my video card (ATI 9600), it starts X Server (1..2..3) and it goes to a blank screen. If i move my mouse after a couple of seconds an 'X' appears as my pointer, but I still have a black screen. At this point, everything stops. My ram stops being accessed (I have lights on my ram that flash when its accessed and they have no activity) and the DVD stops being read.

Its not a problem with the dvd because 1. Fedora setup tested it and says its fine, and 2. I also tried with the cd version and the same thing happens.

some info about my system is:
AMD Athlon64 3200+ Processor
ASUS K8V DELUXE Motherboard
1 SATA RAID array, 1 IDE RAID array, and 1 solo IDE hard drive (which I will be installing linux to)

If anybody could help me out I would really appreciate it, cause im stumped. Thanks

[TSor]

Hello!

i have the same problem.. im pretty new to Linux so i dont really have a clue how to solve that!

My System:
AMD 64 3000+
Asus K8V SE Deluxe
2x Sata 80 GB

Any help is greatly appreciated!

[Roxoff]

Try doing a text-mode install, use 'linux text' at the bootup prompt. There are issues with ATI video chips, but I thought that was just down to there being no official drivers which support hardware video acceleration.

[TSor]

Hello!

Thank you for your response.. i tried the text mode before, also acpi=off... it still doesnt work.. at text mode i get a blue screen instead of the black one..

I have a NVidia Geforce FX 5700

Kind regards

[TSor]

Maybe this works for you too:
At boot prompt type "linux nodmraid"

worked for me so i could install FC5

Cheers