Obligatory update: after installing the latest xorg-x11-drv-intel-2.21.5-1.fc17 which became available today, no change in my X11 display problems. Works for kernel-3.3.4-5, fails for kernel-3.8.4-102. With some small investigation, I installed kernel-3.6.11-1 (which I found on a stale mirror) and kernel-3.8.7-100 which I found in updates-testing. Works with 3.6.11 kernel, fails for 3.8.7 kernel. Where can I find the other kernels which were released for F17? updates only has the one latest kernel! So I can't install them with yum.... -- Kevin J. Cummings kjchome@xxxxxxxxxxx cummings@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx cummings@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Registered Linux User #1232 (http://www.linuxcounter.net/) On Apr 11, 2013, at 23:08, Kevin Cummings <cummings@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > A week or so ago, I came into this Dell Inspiron 1100 laptop, and I boot > it with the Fedora 17 Live CD. The system booted, but fell into Gnome 3 > Fallback mode. At least the system runs, so I installed to Hard-Disk. > > when it rebooted, I started to have graphics problems. X either failed > to start, or it presented me a completely black login screen (I'm not > sure which). Through some finagling, I was able to login on a Console > Terminal, and I got my WiFi dongle working (The ethernet cable had been > also working). I was then able to run yum for all the updates. Great! > Now I have 2 kernels installed: 3.3.4-5 from the live CD and 3.8.4-102 > from updates. Now I *still* can't get a visible graphical login to display. > > After some more playing with the /boot/grub2/grub.cfg file, I was able > to make the following changes: > > Changed the system font from TRUE to a real font name. > Changed the gfxpayload=keep to 832x624. > > Now, when I boot either the 3.3.4 kernel, or the 3.3.4 recovery kernel, > I have a graphical login screen (at 1024x768 resolution). > > But, If I try and boot any of the 3.8.4 kernel entries (with the same > changes that work for the 3.3.4 boot), I can see a mouse cursor > (sometimes in a "subset" of the full screen) that seems to work, but no > other visible indication that X is running. > > Now, here's the kicker: If I position the mouse to where my userid > would be listed near the middle of the login screen, click, then wait a > couple of seconds, then type my password, My X11 session starts to > appear. But, not everything displays perfectly. There are lot's of > "dropouts" in the menu texts. For example, there is no visible text on > the XFCE applications pulldown (it should say: Applications). In > Thunderbird, the top menu bar says: "F ", "Ed ", "V w", "O_ " > etc The text in the title bar is OK, as is the text I type in this > compose message window. But, the Task Manager buttons are also > incomplete (one of them says "T rm -r @kj 3:~"). > > xrandr lists both the LVDS and the VGA ports at 1024x768, 800x600, & > 640x480, and that is running in 1024x768 mode. > > Any ideas what's wrong? > > I'd prefer to be running the latest kernel over the older LiveCD kernel.... > > -- > Kevin J. Cummings > kjchome@xxxxxxxxxxx > cummings@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > cummings@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > Registered Linux User #1232 (http://www.linuxcounter.net/) > -- > users mailing list > users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > To unsubscribe or change subscription options: > https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users > Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines > Have a question? Ask away: http://ask.fedoraproject.org -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines Have a question? Ask away: http://ask.fedoraproject.org
