Fedora 9 runs fine in LiveCD and installs fine....

IncomingF5 · #1 14th June 2008, 06:10 AM

I set up the installation fine. I set it up fine. But when I go to log into the Fedora I put my user name and password and it just freezes. I hear a beep and it freezes. No error messages or anything.

I have a Intel Pentium 4 processor with 2.8 ghz
2gb of ram
geforcefx 5200
creative soundcard
logitech speakers and mouse and a regular hp keyboard.

Can someone tell me what is going wrong?

IncomingF5 · #2 14th June 2008, 05:39 PM

Can someone try and help me.

I put my Username and pass in and then it beeps and freezes. Anybody got a clue what could be happenning.

IncomingF5 · #3 15th June 2008, 04:59 PM

So no help. Does anybody even know what I am talking about?

jgsheppard · #4 15th June 2008, 06:42 PM

Have you tried logging in at the command prompt and not into X?

IncomingF5 · #5 17th June 2008, 05:11 AM

I pressed ctral alt f1 and logged in but nothing else happened what to do next.

JEO · #6 17th June 2008, 06:13 AM

You say you make it to the login screen so that means X windows graphics is working. Then when you log in it beeps and freezes. Could be a hardware lockup on the sound card. Try disconnecting your sound card?

jgsheppard · #7 17th June 2008, 04:16 PM

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Originally Posted by IncomingF5

I pressed ctral alt f1 and logged in but nothing else happened what to do next.

Try running setup.

IncomingF5 · #8 18th June 2008, 03:29 AM

i dont know how to do that. i am very new to linux.

also, it was kinda weird the little jingle that plays goes and freezes mid way. i never thought it could be my sound card. im going to try taking it out right now.

brb.

Shelton · #9 18th June 2008, 03:38 AM

Posted a while back try this:
If anything (yum or otherwise) hangs again, use the following to diagnose the problem.
1. strace -f ls -l
This traces kernel system calls. The -f causes to to also trace sub-processes started with fork/exec. You can restrict the output; see 'man strace'.
2. ltrace
This traces C library function calls. More useful for debugging specific applications.
3. If everything freezes, use the alt-sysrq key combinations, if they're enabled in your kernel. Google for those or see linux/Documentation/sysrq.txt.

IncomingF5 · #10 19th June 2008, 03:28 AM

would the sound card not working make my mouse and keyboard not work....

also, what does could not load description tables mean acpi

also, what does that mean^^^^^^^above post.

Elrondo · #11 19th June 2008, 09:12 AM

It could be an error with ACPI tables. If you don't detect a problem with the strace command, control your BIOS and flash it if necessary