On an old laptop (IBM-refurbished T30 Thinkpad), F18 had been running fine (using xfce) for months. I followed the directions at http:// fedoraproject.org/wiki/FedUp (except that I became root on gnome- terminal, instead of using sudo). I ran 'yum update' and rebooted. I ran 'fedup-cli --network 19', but forgot to check the log. I chose System Upgrade from grub. When it finally finished, I ran 'yum update' just for lagniappe, and rebooted yet again. Then the weirdness hit, making the display all but useless for my ancient eyeballs: it looks as if a sheet of transparent deep red plastic were covering the screen. The boot messages are beyond my vision. (I tried to watch them.) I can just make out the splash screen, select xfce, and log in. Once I do, I can see the logo at bottom center, and the mouse cursor; moving that slowly across the top of the screen, with frequent pauses, got me once to a list of options starting with high contrast. I clicked that, but haven't been able to get back to it. Moving the cursor by about the width of any letter in the logo, and lingering longer than is normally necessary, seems to have been exhausted by that one use. I can ssh into the laptop from the machine I'm on now, and become root; but I'm running short on ideas. I did try this : [root@T30 ~]# startx hostname: Name or service not known xauth: file /root/.serverauth.947 does not exist X.Org X Server 1.14.3 Release Date: 2013-09-12 X Protocol Version 11, Revision 0 Build Operating System: 3.10.9-200.fc19.x86_64 Current Operating System: Linux T30.localdomain 3.10.11-100.fc18.i686.PAE #1 SMP Mon Sep 9 13:40:50 UTC 2013 i686 Kernel command line: BOOT_IMAGE=/vmlinuz-3.10.11-100.fc18.i686.PAE root=/ dev/mapper/vg_t30-lv_root ro rd.md=0 rd.dm=0 KEYTABLE=us SYSFONT=True rd.lvm.lv=vg_t30/lv_swap rd.luks=0 LANG=en_US.UTF-8 rd.lvm.lv=vg_t30/ lv_root rhgb quiet Build Date: 16 September 2013 12:43:28AM Build ID: xorg-x11-server 1.14.3-1.fc19 Current version of pixman: 0.30.0 Before reporting problems, check http://wiki.x.org to make sure that you have the latest version. Markers: (--) probed, (**) from config file, (==) default setting, (++) from command line, (!!) notice, (II) informational, (WW) warning, (EE) error, (NI) not implemented, (??) unknown. (==) Log file: "/var/log/Xorg.1.log", Time: Mon Sep 23 12:11:36 2013 (==) Using config directory: "/etc/X11/xorg.conf.d" (==) Using system config directory "/usr/share/X11/xorg.conf.d" setversion 1.4 failed Initializing built-in extension Generic Event Extension Initializing built-in extension SHAPE Initializing built-in extension MIT-SHM Initializing built-in extension XInputExtension Initializing built-in extension XTEST Initializing built-in extension BIG-REQUESTS Initializing built-in extension SYNC Initializing built-in extension XKEYBOARD Initializing built-in extension XC-MISC Initializing built-in extension XINERAMA Initializing built-in extension XFIXES Initializing built-in extension RENDER Initializing built-in extension RANDR Initializing built-in extension COMPOSITE Initializing built-in extension DAMAGE Initializing built-in extension MIT-SCREEN-SAVER Initializing built-in extension DOUBLE-BUFFER Initializing built-in extension RECORD Initializing built-in extension DPMS Initializing built-in extension X-Resource Initializing built-in extension XVideo Initializing built-in extension XVideo-MotionCompensation Initializing built-in extension SELinux Initializing built-in extension XFree86-VidModeExtension Initializing built-in extension XFree86-DGA Initializing built-in extension XFree86-DRI Initializing built-in extension DRI2 Loading extension GLX (EE) Fatal server error: (EE) xf86OpenConsole: VT_ACTIVATE failed: No such device or address (EE) (EE) Please consult the Fedora Project support at http://wiki.x.org for help. (EE) Please also check the log file at "/var/log/Xorg.1.log" for additional information. (EE) (EE) Server terminated with error (1). Closing log file. xinit: giving up xinit: unable to connect to X server: Connection refused xinit: server error [root@T30 ~]# and this (both being over my head) : [root@T30 ~]# xrandr Screen 0: minimum 320 x 200, current 1680 x 1050, maximum 8192 x 8192 VGA1 connected primary 1680x1050+0+0 (normal left inverted right x axis y axis) 473mm x 296mm 1680x1050 60.0*+ 1600x1000 60.0 1280x1024 75.0 60.0 1440x900 59.9 1280x960 60.0 1152x864 75.0 1152x720 60.0 1024x768 75.1 60.0 832x624 74.6 800x600 75.0 60.3 640x480 75.0 60.0 720x400 70.1 HDMI1 disconnected (normal left inverted right x axis y axis) DP1 disconnected (normal left inverted right x axis y axis) HDMI2 disconnected (normal left inverted right x axis y axis) DP2 disconnected (normal left inverted right x axis y axis) [root@T30 ~]# I hope all this layman-incomprehensible stuff means something to someone here. I have not yet tried to update grub, because of the weirdness. -- Beartooth Staffwright, Neo-Redneck Not Quite Clueless Power User Remember I have precious (very precious!) little idea where up is. -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Fedora Code of Conduct: http://fedoraproject.org/code-of-conduct Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines Have a question? Ask away: http://ask.fedoraproject.org
