agpgart detection hangs FC5 boot process on IBM xSeries 300

[teddymills]

Not sure about the S3 Savage Pro, but most other S3 video, integrated or 
not,
I disabled and installed a video card with more oomph.
If you run it in text mode, your okay with the S3.

I would run that computer as a server in text mode.
I would run that GUI application on another computer with FC5 as needed.
I cannot see why one would run an xSeries server in GUI/workstation mode.
Then possibly having to disable the integrated and install another video 
card.

/tm


David C. Chipman wrote:
> On Wed, 4 Apr 2007 19:55:40 -0400
> "Giles Orr" <gilesorr-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w at public.gmane.org> wrote:
>
>   
>> On 4/4/07, CLIFFORD ILKAY <clifford_ilkay-biY6FKoJMRdBDgjK7y7TUQ at public.gmane.org> wrote:
>>     
>>> On Wednesday 04 April 2007, Giles Orr wrote:
>>>       
>>>> My brother has an older IBM xSeries 300 (I think that's the
>>>> correct name) at work, and they're trying to run Fedora Core 5 on
>>>> it.  I would have suggested another distro, but they need FC5 for
>>>> a specific application, or so they're told by their consultant.
>>>> The machine is a 1U server, Celeron 950MHz(?), dual IBM NICs,
>>>> 640Mb memory, S3 Savage Pro 4 video.  The installation goes fine,
>>>> and everything works fine if you run the CD in rescue mode - the
>>>> NICs work, but everything is text mode.  They aren't concerned
>>>> with X.
>>>>         
>>> [snip]
>>>
>>> Try booting using Knoppix or some other live distro to see what
>>> happens.
>>>       
>> Sorry, I should have mentioned: that was pretty much my first thought.
>>  Knoppix hung completely, even in failsafe mode.  I apologize that I
>> didn't write down the errors or where it hung ... but I did try it.
>>
>>     
>  Hi Giles, 
>
> Could you test Knoppix again, and get the errors written down? That
> would be a help. Later, and good luck!
>
> -David Chipman
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