Thanks!! This is exactly the kind of information I was hoping to hear.
It's better to learn of a known problem with a known -- even if
difficult -- solution.
I'll look into it this weekend and post the results.
- Bruce
Jim Cornette wrote:
Bruce Elliott wrote:
<snip> ... here is the Video section of my xorg.conf file:
Section "Device"
Identifier "Videocard0"
Driver "i810"
VendorName "Videocard vendor"
BoardName "Intel 810"
Option "Noaccel" # add this line to the /etc/X11/xorg.conf file
EndSection
Though this problem with the i810 driver made it to the show for FC3,
it is gone now with newer versions of xorg-x11. I just recently tried
a later FC4 development (rawhide) and it works fairly decent.
Here is a link for the problem and the work performed by the
developers and the input from those effected.
The problem is that the screen would not refresh and cause the menus
only showing when you move the mouse over them. Also bits and pieces
showed on the display.
The Option "NoAccel" is only needed until after you upgrade your
system to the latest packages. After you get the bugfixed versions of
xorg-x11, you won't need the "NoAccel" entry in your config file any
longer. You cn safely remove or comment it out post upgrade.
One note though, this refresh problem required a reboot of the system
to set all the processes reuired for the GUI to be set up correctly.
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=132267
I hope this helps,
Jim
