I have the AMD64 version of the Fedora Core 5 DVD, and the installation works fine until I get to the part with the GUI. The cursor looks fine, but the rest of the screen is scratchy. It's like strips of pixils are scattered. I can make out a faint Fedora Core logo, but no buttons. I even tested the CD. Here's my system. EVGA nforce4-SLI mobo Athlon 64 3700+ San Diego 4 x 512mb Corsair ValueRam 2x EVGA 7800GTs (SLI) Audigy 2 ZS I know it's an SLI setup, but I removed the second card and had the same issue. What do I do?

Install in text mode.

I did then it ran in text mode. I tried Fedora Core 4 a while ago and recently decided to try 5. I recall there are "run modes". It says it's in mode 3. What mode do I need for the GUI?

Quote: Original post by tstrimp
Install in text mode.

then you still need to install the latest nvidia driver afterwards. it took me 3 tries to get fc4 installed(installer crashes), then the latest nvidia driver failed to install so i chalked it up as another wasted dvd. if you're already familiar with redhat/fedora systems you might be ok.

Quote: Original post by Yamian
I did then it ran in text mode. I tried Fedora Core 4 a while ago and recently decided to try 5. I recall there are "run modes". It says it's in mode 3. What mode do I need for the GUI?

init 5. (unless that's different too. i don't consider fedora or similar dists to even be real gnu/linux systems)

Yes, run level 5.

Okay, the login screen appears, but as soon as I login, the loading screen gets the same scratchness. Should I install the enw NVIDIA drivers in text mode? But don't I need the latest kernel?

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Should I install the enw NVIDIA drivers in text mode?

Yes.

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But don't I need the latest kernel?

Not really, it should work with any reasonably new kernel.

It says to check my 'ID' and check if I have package 'binutils' or something similar. I don't have it to look at right now.

I believe I read somewhere that there is an issue with Fedora Core 5 release, whereby they forgot to include any propriatry drivers, such as those for Nvidia, ATI etc. You will need to download and install them manually.