Description of problem:


Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):

FC5 dated 4/7/2006

How reproducible:

I've done it possibly 7 or 8 times now.

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Install FC5 from either CD or DVD
2. Do firstboot and complete settings
3. Turn machine off
4. Turn machine on
5. (sometimes) configure SAMBA or Add Packages of software.
  
Actual results:

FC5 begins, allowing me to enter my ID and password.  (I can be root, or not)
During X startup I click on 'view details'
Everything appears to be starting properly until I receive a series of messages
indicating that /sbin/dhclient-script/(whatever) is ambiguous
This is followed by the message 'starting logger'
Then the system hangs and eventually I get a black screen with a bright green
border.

Expected results:

I expected X to continue to load and my desktop to open. 

Additional info:

The computer in question is an AMD (686) with an older Matrox video card, 384meg
of ram, and a Gateway VX700 monitor.  The original hard disk on this machine was
only 20gig, with a working copy of FC3 on it.  Since having the problem I have
swapped drives and yes, the 20gig drive with FC3 still works perfectly.

Before intalling FC5 I replaced the old hard disk with a brand new Western
Digital WD1600JB.  The first time I installed FC5, everything seemed to work
perfectly, and I was able to get networking, SAMBA, and several other programs
working.  I used Add Programs to include additional software (which appeared to
download from the internet).  I shut the computer off for the day, and the next
morning I receive the errors described above.

I tried to reinstall, this time choosing to install everything from the
distribution disks.  This time the computer failed the first time I tried to
logon.  

So next time I tried reinstalling, I used FC4 with all its packages.  Again the
first time I tried to logon the computer failed with the same errors.

I tried to install FC5 several more times with the same results.  I replaced the
CD Rom with a DVD so I could try the install from DVD.  Same results.

Thinking there might be some problem wiht the hard drive, I then booted the
machine with a Win98 rescue floppy, and used fdisk to remove all partitions.  I
then reinistalled FC5 from DVD, only to get the same results yet again.

I am unsure whether this problem is caused by the new hard drive, or by one or
more of the software selections in your distribution.  After some installs I
have been able to successfully boot the machine and install additional software,
only to have it fail on the next startup.  On others it fails immediately, and
on one occasion it even generated a series of errors on firstboot and would not
accept setting.  I am testing now to see if intalling only necessary packages
will allow the machine to operate properly.

PS:  Add this experience to the media failures I've had during installation (ie
it tested good, then failed on disk 5) and this has been one miserable install.