My experience with Redhat 5.2 FTP install using Thinkpad 560

[egallih at shell.gis.net (Eric Galliher)]

Mark-

I had the same experience when installing redhat 5.2 from rufus.w3.org.
It took about 3-4 tries before everything went ok. You definetly cant beat
those connection speeds, though.

As far as startx causing the screen to go completely blank, you might try
pressing "ctrl-alt-plus   or ctrl-alt-minus' after it goes blank. Its
possible (although unlikely since you did the config yourself) that X is
driving your display at a higher resolution than it can handle. That
command will cycle through video resolutions, and you can stop once you
find one that works. 

Hope this helps...


				~eric galliher



On Sat, 3 Apr 1999, Mark Spencer wrote:

> (Thinkpad 560 - 100mhz Pentium, 24meg RAM, 774meg HD, 800x600x256c
> DSTN screen) 
> 
> First things first - I could not get very far in the initial
> installation screens until I removed a USR 28.8 PCMCIA card that was
> in the machine. With my IBM Ethernet II PCMCIA in the Thinkpad alone,
> I was able to continue through the early installation screens. 
> 
> I am pointing the install at rufus.w3.org - I get very fast transfers
> from this server via my cable connection. 
> 
> The first error I receive is :
> 
> "I cannot get file
> /linux/2/redhat/redhat-5.2/i386/RedHat/RPMS/setup-1.9.2-1.noarch.rpm:
> Error setting remote server to passive mode"
> 
> I don't know what this means, so I just click OK to continue. 
> 
> Immediately after clicking OK, I get this error:
> 
> "I'm having trouble getting I'm having trouble getting %s. Should I
> keep trying?. Should I keep trying?" 
> 
> This is typed exactly as it is displayed, the repitition isn't me
> being careless! ;) Since I don't know what this means either, I select
> "Yes" to "keep trying". At that point my cable modem lights up and
> files start transferring. 
> 
> During the FTP installation, this first error I receive is - 
> 
> "RPM install of dev failed: execution of script failed" 
> 
> It appears the install is on dev-2.5.9-1 when this error occurs. I
> click ok to continue.
> 
> The next error I receive is :
> 
> "RPM install of linuxconf failed: execution of script failed"
> 
> It appears the install is on linuxconf-1.12r5-6rh when this occurs. I
> click ok to continue. 
> 
> I then receive "I cannot get file
> /linux/2/redhat/redhat-5.2/i386/RedHat/RPMS/logrotate-2.6-3.i386.rpm:
> Error setting remote server to passive mode." Then get the "Im having
> trouble getting" dialog again. I click to try again.
> 
> Next I get a "RPM install of MAKEDEV failed: execution of script
> failed" I click ok.
> 
> Finally, the FTP install subsides. ;) Probing my mouse fails, so I
> choose "Generic Mouse (PS/2)" 
> 
> Then the PCI Probe reports:
> 
> PCI Entry: TG 9660 / Cyber9385
> X Server: SVGA
> 
> The first time I got this far, I got another one of those "Error
> setting remote server to passive mode" popups and the install skipped
> the whole X section of the install and went to asking me if I wanted
> to install a printer!!! I'm really wondering why people put themselves
> through a linux install right about now. I shut the computer off at
> this point in the first install and try the install from scratch,
> again. 
> 
> During my third attempt at installation, I did not receive ANY of the
> errors above! I was clicking through all the screens very quick as
> I've got the drill down at this point. It makes me think the errors
> were all related to time out issues w/ the ftp server?  Maybe I should
> have found a site that had a higher time out factor??
> 
> Now to where my real problems start I guess - 
> 
> For monitor type, I choose "Generic VGA" as I don't know what option
> is correct. 
> 
> When probing my video card, I get an error probing the clock on the
> video card. Install reccommends I configure video card manually. ??? I
> guess 1 meg video ram, and no clockchip settings. I then select 640x80
> and 800x600 in 8 bit as my video modes. On the "programs to run
> automatically" I just select whatever is checked as default, I don't
> know what most of them do anyway. 
> 
> At this point, my install completes and I reboot! 
> 
> I am able to login, and immediately try "startx". The screen goes
> blank, and thats it. I guess I need to custom configure the settings
> for the monitor and/or video chipset? I am pretty clueless at th
> is point on how to do the custom config to get x up and running. 
> 
> There's no settings/control panel/display settings. Uh, I forgot where
> I was! 
> 
> That's where I'm at. Any advice would be most appreciated! So much for
> installing linux in an afternoon. ;)
> 
> Mark
> dreadnought at mediaone.net
> 
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