Just installed RH 7.3 *Updated* - Now trying 7.2 but getting boot errors!!!

[Migroo]

Hi all

Latest question/problem at end of thread

Just installed Red Hat 7.3. I'm completely lost, but the most pressing problem is that I have a tearing down the right side of the screen - I'm not even sure what to check (ie: video card device drivers or monitor configuration [OR where to find any of those config options]. Sorry to be a complete newbie. So how do I go about fixing this?

P2-350
128mb Ram
Intel board
4Gb Seagate drive
512k ATI Mach64
3Com Etherlink 3

Sorry if I have excluded any information needed to answer my query! Any help would be greatly appreciated, and yes I have visited the main 'newbie sites'... No specific answers there.

 

[Flatline]

Try leaving X-windows (gnome or kde, whichever you're running), then logging in as root and running the command Xconfigurator. This will bring up a DOS-style menu which will allow you to configure your video options.
Odds are, you just have your resolution or color depth set too high; try going to 16 bit color if you're using 24 bit, or dropping your resolution a notch (i.e. from 1024X768 to 800X600).
Hope that helps a bit!

 

[Migroo]

Excellent, thanks for the help!

I've found the utility and I was told X will now restart (I was using GNOME btw )

I'll get back to you if I cant fix it

 

[Migroo]

THANKYOU Flatline, it worked!!

This leads me to my next query. I'm now stuck at 640x480, and I'd really like to be at a higher res. I have a spare 4mb Matrox card lying around - what is the process for changing hardware such as a video card?

Many thanks

 

[Flatline]

For as new a distro as you are using, you shouldn't have too much of a problem. Shut the system down, remove the old card, put the new one in, and boot up. The system will probably detect the new card, but you will most likely need to go back into the Xconfigurator program to get it working properly.
Glad I could help!!

 

[Migroo]

Great! That sounds cool, I'll do that tomorrow when I can bring the card in.

Theres still a long list to get through -
1) Connect the new machine to our LAN - Therefore configure the NIC
2) Get to know RedHat! - Ouch, looks complex
3) Once thats finished, get to know another (slightly less 'newbie' oriented than RH) distro - suggestions?

No doubt I'll get back to you when I encounter another brick wall!!

Thanks

 

[Migroo]

I am in the process of changing in this better video card, and I have come across a problem which warrants this question. On shutting the machine down (or 'halting') it seems to have frozen during the 'Turning off swap' procedure.

What should I do in this case? If this was a Windows machine I would have no qualms about just hitting the reset button, but I dont know what the proper methods are with Linux.

Help for a newbie?

 

[Migroo]

OK I have swapped the video cards without too much hassle now. I'd still like people's input on my previous question re: the shutdown crashing.

Theres nothing about it on Linuxnewbie.org.

 

[Flatline]

Did you shut it down from within GNOME or did you us the shutdown command?
As far as just pushing the button, linux is relatively tolerant about that...it will probably run a check on your filesystem when you bring it back up, but other than that you will be fine.

 

[Migroo]

Thanks for the response Flatline. I chose the 'Log out' button, then 'Shut Down'.

Thanks for the information re: crashing - nice to know.

I'm a little curious as the machine seems to be very unstable whilst shutting down/booting. It often requires 3 or 4 'reset' pushes each time I try and boot up - it has never booted up without one failure...

 

[DIRTsquirt]

I to am a linux newbie.. I have recently installed Redhat 7.3 it took several tries to get it to install properly..
It boots first time everytime..
sounds like you have a flaky install..
I would write down all the pertinent network data static or dchp subnet dns server info. etc..
and do a reinstall.. it will ask you for the network data on the install this will fix your network config issue
and also hopefully your flaky install..
I must add it isnt flaky because of anything you did.. I had to install it like 8 times before I saw all the right screens
during the install process 3 of the 8 attemps it didnt even give me the option to configure the ip address stuff.
I think redhats installer has a lot to be desired....
I must say that I had no problems installing redhat 7.2 so this must be a temporary thing
also there are a BUTT LOAD of updates for 7.3 already... I havent got them yet but was amazed at the qty.

 

[Flatline]

Yeah, I got a lot of "bad package" errors from the disks...I wonder if the retail version has the same problems?

 

[Migroo]

Thanks for the responses

DIRTsquirt I had the same trouble as you. Took me 3 tries to get it to install properly. I even tried burning the ISOs again to make sure I didnt have bad burns...

I think I might try 7.2, or even the 6.x that came with a book I have. This is my first time with Linux and I only wanted to get started learning it - not to use it as an everyday working PC.

Thanks guys, looks like I'll be experimenting tomorrow

 

[steell]

I have tried a number of distros, Slackware/Debian/RedHat/FreeBSD/Suse, and the easiest one that I have ever installed is Suse. I installed 7.3 from the cd set I bought, and later did an FTP install (broadband of course ) of 8.0 on a different machine. Everything installed perfectly the first time. The hardest part was finding the IP for the mirror, cause YAST would not accept a name.

 

[ColinP]

I wouldn't drop back to a version 6.x, try 7.2, this installed very nicely on an AMD based "bits of" system of mine.
You could also try Mandrake which is a souped up version of RH..

later

Col

 

[ColinP]

Also, when you are feeling a bit more confident try using linuxconf (either from menu or just type it in a shell tool). You can do all your networking stuff, servers everthing pretty much in there..

 

[Migroo]

Thanks for the info everyone

Its nice to get peoples opinions.

OK well looks as if I'll be installing RH 7.2 tomorrow. I just picked it up today (guide book was going cheap and included the two disks, so... )

 

[kevinthenerd]

I have to say that I installed Red Hat 7.2 without a problem the first time. It was an awesome experience to have an OS more stable than Windows that installed even easier. I have a home-brew PC with a Celeron 433, 512 MB SDRAM, 15 GB hard drive, and Intel 810 board. I read all the documentation beforehand like the Bible and wiped my hard drive. Then I FDISK'ed it out to partitions as follows: 50 megs, 3 gigs, 7 gigs, and another that filled the rest. (I don't exactly remember now.) I didn't format any of them. Then I installed Windows 2000 on the last partition on the drive. That gave me plenty of room to install my favorite games, etc, that Wine can't really emulate too well. When I installed Linux, I installed the latest boot loader, and I put the boot partition on the 50, the main stuff on the 3, and the swap on the last partition. With 2000 on the master boot record and Linux on the first bit of the first partion, it went seamlessly. The only problem that I later had was trying to get Starcraft to run under Wine emulation in Linux. After that, I gave up on Linux, wiped my hard drive, and put 2000 back on it. I love Linux, but I don't do the whole geek bit any more to truly appreciate. I used to do more server and networking stuff, but now I do more word processing, email, etc. If you're looking for Linux software for Red Hat, check out RPM Find ([url]http://www.rpmfind.net)[/url].

 

[Migroo]

OK well I just installed RH 7.2 without problems.

On booting up, I get the following error, on which the system halts:

init: error while loading shared libraries: /lib/i686/libc.so.6: undefined symbol: BIO_file_seekoff@__sigeomask, version GLIBC_2.1
Kernel panic: Attempted to kill init!

Ideas? What happened? What should I do?

I have tried to restart more than 10 times now, and I get the same error. Its definately recurring.

 

[Migroo]

Hi Guys

I just re-installed RH 7.2 and I get the same error. What is going wrong?

I am 100% sure of my hardware, and that I am selecting the correct components - it cant be hardware surely.

What is the error above about?

 

[kevinthenerd]

I would try installing the full install. That sounds like an error that might be corrected that way, selecting every package.

 

[r0tt3n1]

Boot from the boot floppy disk (you made one didnt you? ) and see if the system comes up. Hopefully it will. Then we can use the ldd command to check on the libraries. Like kevinthenerd says tho, sounds like you may not have installed all necessary packages. A full install should fit on a 4gig.........

 

[Migroo]

Ah thanks guys!

Well I didnt make a boot floppy, as this system doesnt have a floppy drive!!

Thanks for the suggestions I will try the full install.