Re: works fine - Re: F38 install fails on a Lenovo x120e - Failed to set new efi boot traget

2023-07-18 Thread Michael D. Setzer II via users
On 17 Jul 2023 at 17:29, Robert Moskowitz wrote: Date sent: Mon, 17 Jul 2023 17:29:17 -0400 Subject:works fine - Re: F38 install fails on a Lenovo x120e - Failed to set new efi boot traget From: Robert Moskowitz To: Community support for Fedora users , Roger

works fine - Re: F38 install fails on a Lenovo x120e - Failed to set new efi boot traget

2023-07-17 Thread Robert Moskowitz
I got the error again when the install got to that point.  I told it to ignore and continue installing. I have a usable system. I did notice on boot an option to edit the EFI firmware.  I selected that and got an error that cannot boot into the EFI editor. But that is ok.  the system is work

Re: F38 install fails on a Lenovo x120e - Failed to set new efi boot traget

2023-07-17 Thread Robert Moskowitz
On 7/17/23 16:07, Michael D. Setzer II wrote: First computer was a 1963 IBM 1130 with punch cards back in 1975. So started with old machines that still were working.. High School.. I started with a teletype 55 baudot to a GE MarkV in '66.  Best I can figure out was our school (Euclid OH) w

Re: F38 install fails on a Lenovo x120e - Failed to set new efi boot traget

2023-07-17 Thread Michael D. Setzer II via users
On 17 Jul 2023 at 11:25, Robert Moskowitz wrote: Date sent: Mon, 17 Jul 2023 11:25:31 -0400 To: Community support for Fedora users From: Robert Moskowitz Subject:F38 install fails on a Lenovo x120e - Failed to set new efi boot

Re: F38 install fails on a Lenovo x120e - Failed to set new efi boot traget

2023-07-17 Thread Robert Moskowitz
I was getting ready to try again. I pulled the CD drive and tried to get into bios setup, but was not fast enough and it started booting F38! It got as far as a things like [Failed] Failed to start systemd-login.service - User Login Management. then a bunch more and hung. So I am going to d

Re: F38 install fails on a Lenovo x120e - Failed to set new efi boot traget

2023-07-17 Thread Roger Heflin
Yes, some did have efi back then. i have some fm2 mbs that did. There will be an option in the bios to enable efi if it does. efi dates to early itanium systems in 2002. it was so bad it took years to make it to x86 systems. very little was in the classic bios menu and most config was in a mess

Re: F38 install fails on a Lenovo x120e - Failed to set new efi boot traget

2023-07-17 Thread Robert Moskowitz
Bios ver is "current", ver 1.17 dated 11/7/2012! Did we have EFI back then? Oh, F37 live CD booted fine. On 7/17/23 13:17, Jeffrey Walton wrote: On Mon, Jul 17, 2023 at 11:25 AM Robert Moskowitz wrote: this system had F22 on it. I just went through all the steps to blow away the old partiti

Re: F38 install fails on a Lenovo x120e - Failed to set new efi boot traget

2023-07-17 Thread Robert Moskowitz
Well that command gets: WARNING: UEFI firmware can not be updated in legacy BIOS mode Then I get a url for fwupd... Oh, the ethernet is working.  Seems it got unplugged from the switch.  Ooops. Anything else I should try before looking into firmware ver on this box?  Like how to find t

Re: F38 install fails on a Lenovo x120e - Failed to set new efi boot traget

2023-07-17 Thread Jeffrey Walton
On Mon, Jul 17, 2023 at 1:56 PM Robert Moskowitz wrote: > > I just recalled. There was a /boot/efi partition on the old F22 setup. > > But booting up F37 live now. If you haven't done so, now would be a good time to update the laptop's firmware. Get on the latest version. And the kernel docs ha

Re: F38 install fails on a Lenovo x120e - Failed to set new efi boot traget

2023-07-17 Thread Robert Moskowitz
I just recalled.  There was a /boot/efi partition on the old F22 setup. But booting up F37 live now. On 7/17/23 13:17, Jeffrey Walton wrote: On Mon, Jul 17, 2023 at 11:25 AM Robert Moskowitz wrote: this system had F22 on it. I just went through all the steps to blow away the old partitions a

Re: F38 install fails on a Lenovo x120e - Failed to set new efi boot traget

2023-07-17 Thread Robert Moskowitz
Well I am going to have to boot off a liveCD. I have F37 handy.  Will try that now and download the F38 one. Oh I was using the Netinstal.  And it had problems with my ethernet.  It worked when I had booted F22 to check things out before then install.  So I had to use the wiFi. On 7/17/23

Re: F38 install fails on a Lenovo x120e - Failed to set new efi boot traget

2023-07-17 Thread Jeffrey Walton
On Mon, Jul 17, 2023 at 11:25 AM Robert Moskowitz wrote: > > this system had F22 on it. > > I just went through all the steps to blow away the old partitions and > install F38. > > It tried for maybe an hour with the spindizzy on "Installing boot loader". > > If finally came back with a dialog box

Re: F38 install fails on a Lenovo x120e - Failed to set new efi boot traget

2023-07-17 Thread Robert Moskowitz
It has the AMD E-350 duo core CPU which I am pretty sure is x64. On 7/17/23 12:58, Barry wrote: On 17 Jul 2023, at 16:26, Robert Moskowitz wrote: What should I do at this point. It IS an old system that has had a number of ver of Fedora on it. It was booting F22 just fine, it seemed but n

Re: F38 install fails on a Lenovo x120e - Failed to set new efi boot traget

2023-07-17 Thread Robert Moskowitz
On 7/17/23 12:18, Patrick O'Callaghan wrote: On Mon, 2023-07-17 at 11:25 -0400, Robert Moskowitz wrote: this system had F22 on it. I just went through all the steps to blow away the old partitions and install F38. It tried for maybe an hour with the spindizzy on "Installing boot loader". If

Re: F38 install fails on a Lenovo x120e - Failed to set new efi boot traget

2023-07-17 Thread Barry
> On 17 Jul 2023, at 16:26, Robert Moskowitz wrote: > > What should I do at this point. It IS an old system that has had a number of > ver of Fedora on it. It was booting F22 just fine, it seemed but now it is > all gone... Is it a 64bit system or 32bit? Fedora needs 64bit now. Barry

Re: F38 install fails on a Lenovo x120e - Failed to set new efi boot traget

2023-07-17 Thread Patrick O'Callaghan
On Mon, 2023-07-17 at 11:25 -0400, Robert Moskowitz wrote: > this system had F22 on it. > > I just went through all the steps to blow away the old partitions and > install F38. > > It tried for maybe an hour with the spindizzy on "Installing boot > loader". > > If finally came back with a dialog

F38 install fails on a Lenovo x120e - Failed to set new efi boot traget

2023-07-17 Thread Robert Moskowitz
this system had F22 on it. I just went through all the steps to blow away the old partitions and install F38. It tried for maybe an hour with the spindizzy on "Installing boot loader". If finally came back with a dialog box with an error of: The following error occurred while installing the

Re: virt-install fails with F33 with "Failed to start Switch Root"

2020-11-26 Thread Robert Weir
On Wed, 25 Nov 2020, 02:10 Michal Schorm, wrote: > Hello, > I am deploying VMs via kickstart files, so the process can be > completely non-interactive. > > Right now I'm stuck with Fedora 33. > The following command works completely fine on F32, F31 and so on, but not > F33. > Can you please help

virt-install fails with F33 with "Failed to start Switch Root"

2020-11-25 Thread Michal Schorm
Hello, I am deploying VMs via kickstart files, so the process can be completely non-interactive. Right now I'm stuck with Fedora 33. The following command works completely fine on F32, F31 and so on, but not F33. Can you please help me fix it? virt-install \ --connect qemu:///system \ --ne

Re: F31RC1.9 install fails on Ryzen 7 3800X if file system encryption is enabled

2019-10-30 Thread Patrick O'Callaghan
On Wed, 2019-10-30 at 01:32 +, Eric Smith wrote: > Upgrading the BIOS to a version with new AMD Ryzen microcode solved the > problem. When replying via HyperKitty please follow long-standing practice and quote the context as HK doesn't do this by default. poc ___

Re: F31RC1.9 install fails on Ryzen 7 3800X if file system encryption is enabled

2019-10-29 Thread Eric Smith
Upgrading the BIOS to a version with new AMD Ryzen microcode solved the problem. ___ users mailing list -- users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe send an email to users-le...@lists.fedoraproject.org Fedora Code of Conduct: https://docs.fedoraprojec

Re: F31RC1.9 install fails on Ryzen 7 3800X if file system encryption is enabled

2019-10-28 Thread Eric Smith
> I had the same problem, I usually buy AMD processors, but I read about > the problem, I bought an Intel box. Still, the whole boot process > seemed to take place up, but ended in an infinite loop waiting for > startup process to end. I ran into that also with F30, but it's not the same problem

Re: F31RC1.9 install fails on Ryzen 7 3800X if file system encryption is enabled

2019-10-28 Thread Eric Smith
> Questions about F31 should be directed to the Fedora Test list. Sorry, since F31RC1.9 was approved for release, it hadn't occurred to me to post to the test list. However, I have done so now. ___ users mailing list -- users@lists.fedoraproject.org To

Re: F31RC1.9 install fails on Ryzen 7 3800X if file system encryption is enabled

2019-10-28 Thread Howard Howell
I had the same problem, I usually buy AMD processors, but I read about the problem, I bought an Intel box. Still, the whole boot process seemed to take place up, but ended in an infinite loop waiting for startup process to end. I threw in the towel on Fedora and went to Ubuntu. But ubuntu 19.04

Re: F31RC1.9 install fails on Ryzen 7 3800X if file system encryption is enabled

2019-10-28 Thread Patrick O'Callaghan
On Sun, 2019-10-27 at 20:22 -0600, Eric Smith wrote: > I have a new Ryzen 7 3800X system, and since Fedora 30 won't install on > that, I tried Fedora 31 RC1.9 Workstation Live. That boots up fine, but > when I try to install to my "disk" (M.2 NVMe), if file system encryption is > enabled, it hangs

F31RC1.9 install fails on Ryzen 7 3800X if file system encryption is enabled

2019-10-27 Thread Eric Smith
I have a new Ryzen 7 3800X system, and since Fedora 30 won't install on that, I tried Fedora 31 RC1.9 Workstation Live. That boots up fine, but when I try to install to my "disk" (M.2 NVMe), if file system encryption is enabled, it hangs at "Creating luks on /dev/nvme0n1p6". I let it sit there for

Re: Install fails -

2018-05-06 Thread Bob Goodwin
On 05/05/18 15:57, SternData wrote: Why not do it from the command line via dnf? https://fedoramagazine.org/upgrading-fedora-27-fedora-28/ -- -- Steve ___ Ok, I did the dnf system upgrade as you suggested during the "free" time after 03:00 to avoid

Re: Install fails -

2018-05-05 Thread Bob Goodwin
On 05/05/18 15:57, SternData wrote: Why not do it from the command line via dnf? https://fedoramagazine.org/upgrading-fedora-27-fedora-28/ -- -- Steve ___ Well, that just wasn't what I set out to do. The the beta version installed easily in a VM and I expected this to work a

Re: Install fails -

2018-05-05 Thread SternData
On 05/05/2018 01:43 PM, Bob Goodwin wrote: > . > > I put /Fedora-Workstation-Live-x86_64-28-1.1.iso on a flash drive using > the Fedora Media Writer and started the installer on an updated Fedora > 27 computer, The process starts without a problem after doing the > initial check but stops when it

Install fails -

2018-05-05 Thread Bob Goodwin
. I put /Fedora-Workstation-Live-x86_64-28-1.1.iso on a flash drive using the Fedora Media Writer and started the installer on an updated Fedora 27 computer, The process starts without a problem after doing the initial check but stops when it does: "Started User Manager for UID 1000." then n

Re: using an OS tree to do remote install fails

2015-12-16 Thread Gordon Messmer
On 12/16/2015 10:57 AM, dwoody5654 wrote: / From what you are saying, the only way to do a custom install for a desktop computer is to use netinstall and use:/ I didn't say that at all. You can use a DVD as the install source. You can put the ISO, rather than the install tree, on the hard dr

Re: using an OS tree to do remote install fails

2015-12-16 Thread dwoody5654
On 12/16/2015 12:02 PM, Gordon Messmer wrote: On Tue, Dec 15, 2015 at 1:09 PM, dwoody5654 wrote: The documentation says the following: harddrive Install from a tree or full installation ISO image on a local hard drive. The tree or ISO image must be on a file system which is mountable in the

Re: using an OS tree to do remote install fails

2015-12-16 Thread Gordon Messmer
On Tue, Dec 15, 2015 at 1:09 PM, dwoody5654 wrote: > > The documentation says the following: > > harddrive > Install from a tree or full installation ISO image on a local hard drive. The > tree or ISO image must be on a file system which is mountable in the > installation environment. Supported

Re: using an OS tree to do remote install fails

2015-12-15 Thread dwoody5654
On 12/15/2015 06:13 PM, Rick Stevens wrote: On 12/15/2015 02:22 PM, dwoody5654 wrote: On 12/15/2015 04:20 PM, cs wrote: On 12/15/2015 03:20 PM, Rick Stevens wrote: On 12/15/2015 01:09 PM, dwoody5654 wrote: I have been using the following with no problems: url --url http://mirrors.kernel.org/f

Re: using an OS tree to do remote install fails

2015-12-15 Thread Rick Stevens
On 12/15/2015 02:22 PM, dwoody5654 wrote: On 12/15/2015 04:20 PM, cs wrote: On 12/15/2015 03:20 PM, Rick Stevens wrote: On 12/15/2015 01:09 PM, dwoody5654 wrote: I have been using the following with no problems: url --url http://mirrors.kernel.org/fedora/releases/22/Everything/i386/os/ Howeve

Re: using an OS tree to do remote install fails

2015-12-15 Thread dwoody5654
On 12/15/2015 04:20 PM, cs wrote: On 12/15/2015 03:20 PM, Rick Stevens wrote: On 12/15/2015 01:09 PM, dwoody5654 wrote: I have been using the following with no problems: url --url http://mirrors.kernel.org/fedora/releases/22/Everything/i386/os/ However, One computer I need to upgrade is in a

Re: using an OS tree to do remote install fails

2015-12-15 Thread dwoody5654
On 12/15/2015 03:31 PM, Gordon Messmer wrote: On 12/15/2015 01:09 PM, dwoody5654 wrote: Is there documentation elsewhere that has more details on the use of an OS tree? Are you specifying --dir relative to /home, or did you include "/home" in the path? I tried using /home as part of the path

Re: using an OS tree to do remote install fails

2015-12-15 Thread Gordon Messmer
On 12/15/2015 01:09 PM, dwoody5654 wrote: Is there documentation elsewhere that has more details on the use of an OS tree? Are you specifying --dir relative to /home, or did you include "/home" in the path? -- users mailing list users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe or change subscript

Re: using an OS tree to do remote install fails

2015-12-15 Thread Rick Stevens
On 12/15/2015 01:09 PM, dwoody5654 wrote: I have been using the following with no problems: url --url http://mirrors.kernel.org/fedora/releases/22/Everything/i386/os/ However, One computer I need to upgrade is in another city and in an area that has power outages on occasion but It has battery b

using an OS tree to do remote install fails

2015-12-15 Thread dwoody5654
I have been using the following with no problems: url --url http://mirrors.kernel.org/fedora/releases/22/Everything/i386/os/ However, One computer I need to upgrade is in another city and in an area that has power outages on occasion but It has battery backup. During a netinstall, if the power

Re: grub2-install fails

2015-08-30 Thread Chris Murphy
On Sun, Aug 30, 2015 at 4:15 PM, Gordon Messmer wrote: > On 08/30/2015 05:27 AM, Tom H wrote: >> >> Crippling an upstream tool is beyond anything other distros patch. > > > It's not crippled. The efi modules are packaged separately. If you know > that you want to run grub2-install, then you need

Re: grub2-install fails

2015-08-30 Thread Gordon Messmer
On 08/30/2015 05:27 AM, Tom H wrote: Crippling an upstream tool is beyond anything other distros patch. It's not crippled. The efi modules are packaged separately. If you know that you want to run grub2-install, then you need to install the "grub2-efi-modules" package. When you run grub2-i

Re: grub2-install fails

2015-08-30 Thread Chris Murphy
On Sun, Aug 30, 2015 at 6:27 AM, Tom H wrote: > On Sat, Aug 29, 2015 at 4:41 PM, Gordon Messmer > wrote: >> On 08/29/2015 01:03 PM, Tom H wrote: >>> >>> https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/GRUB_2 >>> >>> I hadn't read that page. I stand corrected. >>> >>> How nice that Fedora diverges from upstream. >

Re: grub2-install fails- now SHIM

2015-08-30 Thread Paul Cartwright
On 08/30/2015 01:35 PM, Chris Murphy wrote: > I've already hinted at this, because those entries are either wrong or > suboptimal. Each distro has its own /etc/default/grub which contains > its own unique GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX= which really only applies to that > distro. The Ubuntu GRUB menu entries f

Re: grub2-install fails- now SHIM

2015-08-30 Thread Chris Murphy
On Sun, Aug 30, 2015 at 4:19 AM, Paul Cartwright wrote: > On 08/29/2015 11:12 PM, Chris Murphy wrote: >>> > grub2-mkconfig will add entries for other operating systems it can find. >>> > That will be done based on the output of the os-prober tool. >> This is why one of my first modifications post-

Re: grub2-install fails

2015-08-30 Thread Tom H
On Sat, Aug 29, 2015 at 4:41 PM, Gordon Messmer wrote: > On 08/29/2015 01:03 PM, Tom H wrote: >> >> https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/GRUB_2 >> >> I hadn't read that page. I stand corrected. >> >> How nice that Fedora diverges from upstream. > > It does, considerably: > http://pkgs.fedoraproject.org/

Re: grub2-install fails- now SHIM

2015-08-30 Thread Paul Cartwright
On 08/29/2015 11:12 PM, Chris Murphy wrote: >> > grub2-mkconfig will add entries for other operating systems it can find. >> > That will be done based on the output of the os-prober tool. > This is why one of my first modifications post-install is to > /etc/default/grub to add > > GRUB_DISABLE_OS_P

Re: grub2-install fails- now SHIM

2015-08-29 Thread Chris Murphy
On Sat, Aug 29, 2015 at 1:48 PM, Paul Cartwright wrote: > grub2-mkconfig will add entries for other operating systems it can find. > That will be done based on the output of the os-prober tool. This is why one of my first modifications post-install is to /etc/default/grub to add GRUB_DISABLE_OS

Re: grub2-install fails

2015-08-29 Thread Paul Cartwright
On 08/29/2015 04:31 PM, Gordon Messmer wrote: >>> > >>> >https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/GRUB_2 >> so grub2-efi installs it, but how do you modify/maintain it?? > > You don't. If you modify the grub2 binary, the signature is invalid > and the system won't boot (under Secure Boot). There is almost

Re: grub2-install fails

2015-08-29 Thread Gordon Messmer
On 08/29/2015 01:03 PM, Tom H wrote: the grub2-install command >creates a custom grubx64.efi, deletes the original installed one, and looks >for grub.cfg in /boot/grub2/." >https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/GRUB_2 I hadn't read that page. I stand corrected. How nice that Fedora diverges from upstr

Re: grub2-install fails

2015-08-29 Thread Gordon Messmer
On 08/29/2015 12:51 PM, Paul Cartwright wrote: Not according to the documentation, which indicates that: >"grub2-install shouldn't be used on EFI systems. The grub2-efi package >installs a prebaked grubx64.efi on the EFI System partition, which >looks for grub.cfg on the ESP in/EFI/fedora/ where

Re: grub2-install fails

2015-08-29 Thread Tom H
On Sat, Aug 29, 2015 at 2:59 PM, Gordon Messmer wrote: > On 08/29/2015 03:20 AM, Tom H wrote: >> >> grub2-install works on non-SB systems. >> And there's no reason that it shouldn't work on SB systems. Aren't the >> grub and shim executables simply copied from "/usr/something"? So they >> should b

Re: grub2-install fails

2015-08-29 Thread Paul Cartwright
On 08/29/2015 02:59 PM, Gordon Messmer wrote: >> grub2-install works on non-SB systems. >> And there's no reason that it shouldn't work on SB systems. Aren't the >> grub and shim executables simply copied from "/usr/something"? So they >> should be signed. > that was not my writing, someone else se

Re: grub2-install fails- now SHIM

2015-08-29 Thread Paul Cartwright
On 08/29/2015 03:00 PM, Gordon Messmer wrote: it would really be nice if there was some HOW-TO or documentation on all this new UEFI/shim packages... There is. https://fedoraproject.or

Re: grub2-install fails- now SHIM

2015-08-29 Thread Gordon Messmer
On 08/29/2015 04:15 AM, Paul Cartwright wrote: it would really be nice if there was some HOW-TO or documentation on all this new UEFI/shim packages... There is. https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/GRUB_2 -- users mailing list users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe or change subscription optio

Re: grub2-install fails

2015-08-29 Thread Gordon Messmer
On 08/29/2015 03:20 AM, Tom H wrote: grub2-install works on non-SB systems. And there's no reason that it shouldn't work on SB systems. Aren't the grub and shim executables simply copied from "/usr/something"? So they should be signed. Not according to the documentation, which indicates that: "

Re: grub2-install fails- now SHIM

2015-08-29 Thread Paul Cartwright
On 08/29/2015 02:17 AM, Chris Murphy wrote: >> > https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/GRUB_2 >> > >> > yum install grub2-efi grub2-efi-modules shim > grub2-efi-modules is not necessary unless you plan on going off the > rails with GRUB modules that aren't baked into the signed Fedora GRUB > EFI OS Loader

Re: grub2-install fails

2015-08-29 Thread Paul Cartwright
On 08/29/2015 06:20 AM, Tom H wrote: >> > grub2-install does not apply on UEFI systems at all, it should not be >> > used. Instead you reinstall shim and grub2-efi packages. > grub2-install works on non-SB systems. SB-systems? > > And there's no reason that it shouldn't work on SB systems. Aren't t

Re: grub2-install fails

2015-08-29 Thread Tom H
On Fri, Aug 28, 2015 at 12:02 PM, Chris Murphy wrote: > On Wed, Aug 26, 2015 at 10:33 AM, Paul Cartwright > wrote: >> >> I installed my new drive, and everything was fine. I added another OS, >> and now I can't do the grub2-install anymore. What am I missing?? >> >> # grub2-install /dev/sda >> gr

Re: grub2-install fails- now SHIM

2015-08-28 Thread Chris Murphy
On Fri, Aug 28, 2015 at 11:06 AM, Paul Cartwright wrote: > On 08/28/2015 12:02 PM, Chris Murphy wrote: >> grub2-install does not apply on UEFI systems at all, it should not be >> used. Instead you reinstall shim and grub2-efi packages. >> > ok, I wasn't aware of this shim package, but I see how th

Re: grub2-install fails- now SHIM

2015-08-28 Thread Paul Cartwright
On 08/28/2015 12:02 PM, Chris Murphy wrote: > grub2-install does not apply on UEFI systems at all, it should not be > used. Instead you reinstall shim and grub2-efi packages. > ok, I wasn't aware of this shim package, but I see how that works now... https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/GRUB_2 yum insta

Re: grub2-install fails-SOLVED, I think..

2015-08-28 Thread Paul Cartwright
On 08/28/2015 12:02 PM, Chris Murphy wrote: > grub2-install does not apply on UEFI systems at all, it should not be > used. Instead you reinstall shim and grub2-efi packages. > thanks, I got some other replies that mentioned efibootmgr, and that did the trick. my default grub was ubuntu, but I want

Re: grub2-install fails

2015-08-28 Thread Chris Murphy
On Wed, Aug 26, 2015 at 10:33 AM, Paul Cartwright wrote: > I installed my new drive, and everything was fine. I added another OS, > and now I can't do the grub2-install anymore. What am I missing?? > > # grub2-install /dev/sda > grub2-install: error: /usr/lib/grub/x86_64-efi/modinfo.sh doesn't exi

grub2-install fails

2015-08-26 Thread Paul Cartwright
I installed my new drive, and everything was fine. I added another OS, and now I can't do the grub2-install anymore. What am I missing?? # grub2-install /dev/sda grub2-install: error: /usr/lib/grub/x86_64-efi/modinfo.sh doesn't exist. Please specify --target or --directory. boot is mounted: /de

Install fails with /dev/mapper/live-rw does not exist

2015-05-29 Thread Alex Regan
Hi, Trying to do an f22 Live Workstation install on my new Toshiba P50 laptop and the install fails with: [ 187.874987] localhost dracut-initqueue[471]: Warning: Could not boot. [ 187.891048] localhost systemd[1]: Received SIGRTMIN+20 from PID 472 (plymouthd). [ 187.893397] localhost

Fedora 20 Live stick install fails

2014-01-03 Thread Patricia Wilson
I am trying to run a Fedora 20 Live stick on my system and the graphics is failing, probably due to my NVidia graphics card. I can get it to boot into single user mode but then I don't know what file(s) to modify to get into a "safe" graphics mode. I am hoping for a pointer to more recent docs than

Re: Install fails with Xorg segfault on fc17

2013-01-14 Thread Alex
Hi, >> Turns out I was able to get it to install by choosing the second >> option, Troubleshooting, then choosing "Use Basic VGA", which must >> just load a basic VGA Xorg driver. >> > Glad it worked for you, I tried the basic graphics (uses VESA xdriver), > which didn't work, removed the "nomodes

Re: Install fails with Xorg segfault on fc17

2013-01-10 Thread Bill Davidsen
Alex wrote: Hi, The normal graphical install just segfaults when it tries to load a module. Regarding doing this across the network with VNC. First, there is no networking enabled at the time the Xorg server starts, so it basically fails before I have networking installed. I happened to be r

Re: Install fails with Xorg segfault on fc17

2013-01-10 Thread Alex
Hi, >> The normal graphical install just segfaults when it tries to load a >> module. >> >> Regarding doing this across the network with VNC. First, there is no >> networking enabled at the time the Xorg server starts, so it basically >> fails before I have networking installed. I happened to be

Re: Install fails with Xorg segfault on fc17

2013-01-09 Thread Bill Davidsen
Alex wrote: Hi, What are my options right now? I know I could probably go back to fc16 or wait until fc18 and hope it's fixed, or buy another video card, but I'd like to see if there's something I'm missing that I can do right now. Text mode isn't an option for me, because I need better control

Re: Install fails with Xorg segfault on fc17

2013-01-09 Thread Alex
Hi, >> What are my options right now? I know I could probably go back to fc16 >> or wait until fc18 and hope it's fixed, or buy another video card, but >> I'd like to see if there's something I'm missing that I can do right >> now. Text mode isn't an option for me, because I need better control >>

Re: Install fails with Xorg segfault on fc17

2013-01-09 Thread Bill Davidsen
Alex wrote: Hi, I'm trying to install fc17 from a USB key and the graphical install crashes with a segfault and falls back to text-mode install. I have an Asus P8B-M motherboard with an onboard "Aspeed AST2050 with 16MB VRAM" video chip. How can I copy the /tmp/X.org log file to the USB key so

Re: Install fails with Xorg segfault on fc17

2013-01-09 Thread Sam Varshavchik
Alex writes: Hi, I'm trying to install fc17 from a USB key and the graphical install crashes with a segfault and falls back to text-mode install. I have an Asus P8B-M motherboard with an onboard "Aspeed AST2050 with 16MB VRAM" video chip. How can I copy the /tmp/X.org log file to the USB key s

Install fails with Xorg segfault on fc17

2013-01-09 Thread Alex
Hi, I'm trying to install fc17 from a USB key and the graphical install crashes with a segfault and falls back to text-mode install. I have an Asus P8B-M motherboard with an onboard "Aspeed AST2050 with 16MB VRAM" video chip. How can I copy the /tmp/X.org log file to the USB key so I can attempt

Re: gnome 3 extensions install fails silently

2012-07-21 Thread Aaron Konstam
On Sat, 2012-07-21 at 20:33 +0200, Olav Vitters wrote: > On Fri, Jul 20, 2012 at 10:03:52PM +0200, Patrick Dupre wrote: > > On 2012-07-20 21:51, Michael Cronenworth wrote: > > >Bryn M. Reeves wrote: > > >>Any clues on how to debug this further? > > > > > >Press ALT+F2 and type "lg" into the run pr

Re: gnome 3 extensions install fails silently

2012-07-21 Thread Olav Vitters
On Fri, Jul 20, 2012 at 10:03:52PM +0200, Patrick Dupre wrote: > On 2012-07-20 21:51, Michael Cronenworth wrote: > >Bryn M. Reeves wrote: > >>Any clues on how to debug this further? > > > >Press ALT+F2 and type "lg" into the run prompt. Look at the > >"Errors" tab > >for more clues. > > lg, I do n

Re: gnome 3 extensions install fails silently

2012-07-20 Thread Ed Greshko
On 07/21/2012 01:50 PM, Richard Vickery wrote: > #yum install lg This is F17 root@f17 ~]# yum info lg Loaded plugins: downloadonly, langpacks, presto, refresh-packagekit Error: No matching Packages to list So, may you need to explain more where you got "lg" from and what "lg" is? -- Never

Re: gnome 3 extensions install fails silently

2012-07-20 Thread Richard Vickery
#yum install LG - sorry, Android tablet is not letting me On Jul 20, 2012 1:04 PM, "Patrick Dupre" wrote: > > On 2012-07-20 21:51, Michael Cronenworth wrote: >> >> Bryn M. Reeves wrote: >>> >>> Any clues on how to debug this further? >> >> >> Press ALT+F2 and type "lg" into the run prompt. Look a

Re: gnome 3 extensions install fails silently

2012-07-20 Thread Patrick Dupre
On 2012-07-20 21:51, Michael Cronenworth wrote: Bryn M. Reeves wrote: Any clues on how to debug this further? Press ALT+F2 and type "lg" into the run prompt. Look at the "Errors" tab for more clues. lg, I do not have such a command! -- =

Re: gnome 3 extensions install fails silently

2012-07-20 Thread Michael Cronenworth
Bryn M. Reeves wrote: > Any clues on how to debug this further? Press ALT+F2 and type "lg" into the run prompt. Look at the "Errors" tab for more clues. -- users mailing list users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/list

gnome 3 extensions install fails silently

2012-07-20 Thread Bryn M. Reeves
Attempting to install the "put windows" extension for gnome3: https://extensions.gnome.org/extension/39/put-windows/ I get the "Download and install 'Put Window' from extensions.gnome.org?" dialog and OK it and the extension apparently fails to install somewhere. Couldn't find anything obvious (

Fwd: Fedora 16 (x86_64) install fails with checksum error

2012-04-22 Thread Robert Hedman
Sorry if this is a duplicate. Haveing email problems and have not gotten a confirmation of reciept. Thanks -- Forwarded Message -- Subject: Fedora 16 (x86_64) install fails with checksum error Date: Saturday 21 April 2012 5:38 pm From: Robert Hedman To: users

Re: Banshee install fails on Fedora 14

2010-11-06 Thread Steve Searle
Around 02:42pm on Saturday, November 06, 2010 (UK time), valent.turko...@gmail.com scrawled: > Looks there is some issue with mono-addins version. > > I get this error: > # pkcon install banshee > Simulating install[=] > Starting [

Re: Banshee install fails on Fedora 14

2010-11-06 Thread valent.turko...@gmail.com
Looks there is some issue with mono-addins version. I get this error: # pkcon install banshee Simulating install[=] Starting [=] Running [=] Resolving dependencies

Re: Banshee install fails on Fedora 14

2010-11-06 Thread Steve Searle
Around 01:15pm on Saturday, November 06, 2010 (UK time), valent.turko...@gmail.com scrawled: > Can you install and use Banshee or is it just my system screwed somehow? It works fine for me, installed by yum. What specific problems/errors are you getting? Steve -- Website: www.stevesearle.

Re: Banshee install fails on Fedora 14

2010-11-06 Thread valent.turko...@gmail.com
Can you install and use Banshee or is it just my system screwed somehow? -- users mailing list users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines

Banshee install fails on Fedora 14

2010-11-04 Thread valent.turko...@gmail.com
Is this only me or you also can't install banshee on Fedora 14? # yum install banshee Loaded plugins: appmarket, langpacks, presto, refresh-packagekit, remove-with-leaves Adding en_US to language list Setting up Install Process Resolving Dependencies --> Running transaction check ---> Package bans