--- Whil Hentzen <linux07@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Globe Trotter wrote: > > --- Whil Hentzen <linux07@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > >>>> So there is no hardware problem for me, and it seems there is no > >> fundamental > >>>> linux issue. Just fedora fc7. > >>>> > >>>> Its a shame to blight a good distro by giving non expert users such > grief > >>>> setting up a simple thing as the display. > >>> Agreed! And I have the opensource intel.....which installed perfectly > with > >>> xubuntu. Wonder when it will work out of the box with fedora..... > >> Where'd you get the Intel opensource? I've been over to > >> > >> http://intellinuxgraphics.org > >> > >> and they have source but tell you to go to your 'neighborhood linux > >> distro' for precompiled packages. I don't think there's one for Intel + > >> FC6, is there? > > > > I updated mine using the development (for f8) and it works...it will > eventually > > show up on F7 and perhaps FC6 unless they stop supporting it before then. > > I see two packages: > > xorg-x11-drv-i810-2.1.1-3.fc8.i386.rpm > xorg-x11-drv-i810-devel-2.1.1-3.fc8.i386.rpm > > under fedora/linux/development/i386/os/Packages on the various mirrors. > Which did you use? > > (Getting excited, hopefully not prematurely, been wrestling with this > for weeks....) > I used the following command (thanks to Phil): yum --enablerepo=development install xorg-x11-drv-i810 No, you don't need the -devel package... HTH, Trotter > Whil Hentzen > Milwaukee WI > > -- > fedora-list mailing list > fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx > To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list > ____________________________________________________________________________________ Need a vacation? Get great deals to amazing places on Yahoo! Travel. http://travel.yahoo.com/
