On Sat, 2005-09-17 at 11:09 -0400, Jim Cornette wrote: > Bart Couvreur wrote: > > >On 9/17/05, sguazt sguazt <sguazt@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > > > >>Hi, > >> I have a similar problem. > >> > >>This morning I updated my laptop (Dell Latitude D505) with last fc4 updates, > >>i.e. xorg-x11, qt-devel, dia. > >> > >>After those (and after restarting X) X crashed (and the screen too). > >>Usually I boot into init 3 and then I "startx" X (with enlightenment as a > >>wm). > >>After those updates every time I try to start-X the screen crash; I press > >>Ctrl-Alt-Backspace but the screen is always corrupted (i.e. I don't see the > >>textual console) and the only way I can restore it is by typing reboot (or > >>poweroff) 8-| > >> > >>My graphics chipset is the Intel i855GM. > >> > >>The bad thing for me is that probably this week I have to give up to a Quake > >>match :(((( > >> > >>Any help is appreciated!! > >> > >>Thanks guys!! > >> > >> > >> > > > >Hey guys, I had it to, solved it (or more a temporary solution): I > >went back to the original xorg files from the installdvd: I checked in > >/var/cache/yum/updates-released/packages which xorg-packages I had and > >copied the corresponding ones to a folder from the dvd and installed > >them with rpm -Uvh --oldpackage *.rpm > >X then happely works again! > > > >Just remeber that the libvgawh.a thing exsists in that version of xorg! > > > >And now I'm waiting for a new update of xorg! > > > >Hope this helps, > > > >Bart > > > > > > > Don't forget to file a bug report against the newer version. It concerns > me that the newer version would bomb out as badly as it has with some > users. I assumed the problems were corrected and the less buggy version > of X would be used and patched for the security update. > I have an Intel 815 which I can test out later with the new version of X. > > Jim > Some people seem to have had problems. I did a full update on my laptop (Dell Inspiron 8100 with nvidia graphics and the nvidia driver) and have absolutely no problems. I wonder if the problems may not be related to which video card/driver is in use.
