Reply to All / Reply to List On Friday 23 April 2010 09:30:44 Thomas Janssen wrote: > 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 ;) It had better be. This is a brand-new laptop. The only xorg-x11-related changes in the update yesterday were Installing: xorg-x11-drivers i686 7.3-14.fc13 fedora 7.8 k xorg-x11-drv-fpit i686 1.3.0-10.fc13 updates-testing 14 k xorg-x11-drv-synaptics i686 1.2.2-2.fc13 updates-testing 61 k xorg-x11-drv-vmmouse i686 12.6.9-2.fc13 updates-testing 17 k xorg-x11-drv-wacom i686 0.10.5-2.fc13 updates-testing 113 k Updating for dependencies: xorg-x11-server-Xorg i686 1.8.0-7.fc13 updates-testing 1.3 M xorg-x11-server-common i686 1.8.0-7.fc13 updates-testing 60 k Trying to revert these got me into the loop I described above. In case there's some sort of interaction with another installed package I listed them all - many obviously not needed by me. xorg-x11-apps.i686 7.4-13.fc13 installed xorg-x11-drv-acecad.i686 1.4.0-3.fc13 installed xorg-x11-drv-aiptek.i686 1.3.0-3.fc13 installed xorg-x11-drv-cirrus.i686 1.3.2-2.fc13 installed xorg-x11-drv-dummy.i686 0.3.3-2.fc13 installed xorg-x11-drv-elographics.i686 1.2.3-6.fc13 installed xorg-x11-drv-fbdev.i686 0.4.1-3.fc13 installed xorg-x11-drv-geode.i686 2.11.4.1-2.fc13 installed xorg-x11-drv-glint.i686 1.2.4-2.fc13 installed xorg-x11-drv-hyperpen.i686 1.3.0-4.fc13 installed xorg-x11-drv-i128.i686 1.3.3-2.fc13 installed xorg-x11-drv-i740.i686 1.3.2-2.fc13 installed xorg-x11-drv-keyboard.i686 1.4.0-4.fc13 installed xorg-x11-drv-mach64.i686 6.8.2-2.fc13 installed xorg-x11-drv-mga.i686 1.4.11-2.fc13 installed xorg-x11-drv-mouse.i686 1.5.0-4.fc13 installed xorg-x11-drv-mutouch.i686 1.2.1-6.fc13 installed xorg-x11-drv-neomagic.i686 1.2.4-3.fc13 installed xorg-x11-drv-nv.i686 2.1.15-5.fc13 installed xorg-x11-drv-penmount.i686 1.4.0-6.fc13 installed xorg-x11-drv-r128.i686 6.8.1-3.fc13 installed xorg-x11-drv-rendition.i686 4.2.2-5.fc13 installed xorg-x11-drv-s3virge.i686 1.10.4-2.fc13 installed xorg-x11-drv-savage.i686 2.3.1-2.fc13 installed xorg-x11-drv-siliconmotion.i686 1.7.3-3.20100122.fc13 installed xorg-x11-drv-sis.i686 0.10.2-2.fc13 installed xorg-x11-drv-sisusb.i686 0.9.3-2.fc13 installed xorg-x11-drv-tdfx.i686 1.4.3-2.fc13 installed xorg-x11-drv-trident.i686 1.3.3-2.fc13 installed xorg-x11-drv-v4l.i686 0.2.0-4.fc13.1 installed xorg-x11-drv-vmware.i686 10.16.7-3.fc13 installed xorg-x11-drv-void.i686 1.3.0-5.fc13 installed xorg-x11-drv-voodoo.i686 1.2.3-2.fc13 installed xorg-x11-font-utils.i686 1:7.2-11.fc13 installed xorg-x11-proto-devel.noarch 7.4-36.fc13 installed xorg-x11-resutils.i686 7.1-10.fc13 installed xorg-x11-server-utils.i686 7.4-16.fc13 installed xorg-x11-utils.i686 7.4-9.fc13 installed xorg-x11-xkb-utils.i686 7.4-7.fc13 installed I assume that many of tghese are installed from one package. Anne -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: not available Type: application/pgp-signature Size: 198 bytes Desc: This is a digitally signed message part. Url : http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/kde/attachments/20100423/40e8e99e/attachment.bin