2010/4/23 Anne Wilson <cannewilson at googlemail.com>: > I'm utterly confused. ?Downgrading the intel driver didn't cure the display > problem, yet I didn't have it with the old driver. ?It was basic - no > compositing etc - but no display distortion either. ?I've tried to find out > what's happening, but I'm completely lost. > > Installed Packages > xorg-x11-drv-intel.i686 ? ? ? ? 2.10.0-4.fc13 ? ? ? ? ?@fedora > Available Packages > xorg-x11-drv-intel.i686 ? ? ? ? 2.11.0-1.fc13 ? ? ? ? ?updates-testing > .... > Removing: > ?xorg-x11-drv-intel ? ? i686 ? ? 2.10.0-4.fc13 ? ? ?@fedora ? ? 789 k > Removing for dependencies: > ?xorg-x11-drivers ? ? ? i686 ? ? 7.3-14.fc13 ? ? ? ?@fedora ? ? 0.0 > .... > Updating: > ?xorg-x11-drv-intel ? i686 ? 2.11.0-1.fc13 ? ?updates-testing ? 191 k > .... > Complete! > > [root at tecraA11 ~]# yum install xorg-x11-drivers > Loaded plugins: refresh-packagekit > Setting up Install Process > Package xorg-x11-drivers-7.3-14.fc13.i686 already installed and latest version > Nothing to do > > !! It said it removed it - and it didn't say that it put it back as a > dependency. ?I'm utterly lost. ?Meanwhile, it's not obvious what is causing > the display problems, as the previously installed version also has it. ?There > must be some interaction with one of the other packages. Next suspect would be xorg-X11-* packages. Guessing you know that the HW is still ok ;) -- LG Thomas Dubium sapientiae initium
