[wplug] Core 3

[Greg Simkins]

I attemped to install Fedora Core 3 on a Dell Pentium III desktop using CDs 
that Beth Lynn gave me.  I have the same experience with windows 
disintegrating when I tried to move them - during the partition portion of 
the installation.

Needless to say, I didn't finish the installation, so I didn't experience 
the rest of the issues you described.  I had planned on bringing the box to 
the installfest.  Perhaps I should wait for Fedora 4?

Greg Simkins

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Weber, Larry A" <laweber at switch.com>
To: <wplug at wplug.org>
Sent: Thursday, May 12, 2005 11:28 AM
Subject: [wplug] Core 3


> Last weekend I did a clean installation of Fedora Core 3 on a Compaq 
> Deskpro
> and was impressed that almost all hardware was correctly detected and
> installed.
>
> Yesterday I tried to do an upgrade from Core 2 on exactly the same type of
> PC with the same CD's.  This did not go well at all.  During the
> installation the text screens would blink on and off.  Once X started the
> display was normal but after completing the installation and rebooting, 
> the
> system video was a mess.  Just two vertical bars of noise.
>
> I was not happy to loose my applications but I repeated the installation 
> and
> let anaconda repartition the drive as it saw fit.  The resulting system is
> very sluggish and the video is still not working correctly.  Windows will
> open, the title and toolbars are o.k. but the text area is transparent.  I
> have to drag my mouse over the windows to see buttons, data entry boxes,
> etc.  This occurs for nearly all applications but not every time.  Windows
> will break up when dragged and I still occasionally get the vertical bars 
> of
> noise.  I changed my settings from 1024x768 to 800x600 and things improved 
> a
> bit but the system is still unusable.
>
> Since the P.C. was working fine with Core 2, I do not think this is a
> hardware issue.  Anyone else having this type of problem with Core 3?  Any
> help would be appreciated.
> -laweber
>
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