Rick Marshall wrote: You really should give more details about your hardware; I'm assuming this is a Lenova widescreen Thinkpad with a recent Intel chipset. Be aware this is _after_ the boot, the kernel's up and running by this time, and what you have might be an X problem, and it might be something else... even a kernel module, perhaps one you don't need. Google this list for problems with the HP dc7700{,p} I think I've seen something like this reported for that desktop. Answers involving PCI=nommconf etc are not what you want, your problem arises later. You should also try a text install/upgrade. -- Cheers John -- spambait 1aaaaaaa(a)coco.merseine.nu Z1aaaaaaa(a)coco.merseine.nu -- Advice http://webfoot.com/advice/email.top.php http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html http://support.microsoft.com/kb/555375 You cannot reply off-list:-)

On Sun, Dec 02, 2007 at 08:43:32AM +1100, Rick Marshall wrote: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Bugs/F8Common and there "CD/DVD Install Hangs" topic in particular, is the first place to look for hints and workarounds. They often do work. A big hammer of 'acpi=off' often helps with this specific hurdle although there may be some subtler ways. This is not really the right list for that subject. Michal