On Wednesday 16 February 2005 06:57, powderkeg@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote: > On Tuesday 15 February 2005 11:44 am, Paul Howarth wrote: > > powderkeg@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote: > > > I gotta say, someone is NOT doing their testing very well. I just > > > updated Fedora2, and now I cant access the login screen. Just get a > > > black screen where the screen should be. What are my options. Cheers. > > > > > > EDIT: I gotta add that this' the 2nd time this has happened after a YUM > > > update with Fedora2. Last time, I had to reinstall...won't be a happy > > > camper if I gotta do again..this happens when booting from any > > > kernel...now coming to you from Knoppix3.7 > > > > Let me guess: you use the nvidia proprietary drivers and you've got a > > new kernel? > > > > Does booting the old kernel still work? > > > > Paul. > > Hi All, > > Paul, as stated, this happens with any kernel. I guess I'm using whatever > nVidia drivers that Fedora recognized the 1st time I installed/booted. Why > does this happen with only some kernels..? Shouldn't the developers be > looking out for this kind of thing..? Damn annoying. > I agree but in this case its not the fedora developers it is the xorg guys As stated in another post this evening the 3D in xorg is terrible. I f you have some bandwidth and savy switch to xfree ver 4 and your 3d will be super. > P.S. I don't think it was just the kernel that was updated, as I did a yum > update. Cheers. Quite right a few lib get done to like libglx and if you installed the nv driver from dag then you probably missed the nv kernel update: Often what happens is the kernel is upgraded to the lastest on fedora but dag falls behind in the nv driver rpms, > > Mark Sargent. -- -- Chadley Wilson Redhat Certified Technician Cert Number: 603004708291270 Pinnacle Micro Manufacturers of Proline Computers Proudly South African ISO9001:2000 Certified Production Line ======================================= LINUX - becuase I can do it my way. ========================================
