Dear Friends,
 
now I am trying to install Fedora4 but anaconda stops very soon.
 
My Hardware:
Dell Dimension 8400
Chipset Intel 925X Express ICH6-R
Intel Pentium 4 540 HT 3.20 GHZ
1 GB Memory
1 SATA HardDrive 160 GB
256MB nVidia GeForce 6800
My Software:
WindowsXP SP2
Fedora FC3
 
I work satisfactorily with both OSs.
(By the way,I installed and re-installed Fedora3 in graphic mode
many times: no problem at all)
 
Now I try to install Fedora4.
 
1. In graphic mode (no options):
 
The installer tells me:
Probing video card: NVIDIA Unknown (generic) (see below ***)
Probing for monitor type: Unknown monitor
Probing for mouse type: Generic 3 buttons mouse (PS/2)
Attempting to start native X server
Waiting for X server to start ...
1..2..
 
At this point the screen goes blank (i.e. black) for about 10 seconds
then a bad video appears (pale colors, reticular), then a big "Fedora" title over it, then all stops and hangs
 
2. Then I tried booting "linux text"
 
The installation went well, all packages were installed (everything),
but when tried to reboot, again the screen got lost and the system stopped
 
3. I tried "linux resolution=xxxxx" but the results were similar to those of case 1 above
 
4. Unsuccessful also the attempts "linux noprobe" "linux nofb nousb"
 
I bought two different magazines with two different Fedora 4 DVDs: both show the same behaviour.
 
What can I do? I didn't find in the Web (until now) a complaint
about a problem like this.
 
Vito Di Blas
e-mail: vitodiblas@iol.it
 
(***) Here the installer of Fedora3 writes:
Probing video card: VESA driver (generic)