screen flashing to black every several seconds

[Claude Jones]

Jim Cornette wrote:
  >
> Download all the xorg related rpms into a local directory and then run 
> the command below from within this directory where you placed the rpms.
> 
> rpm -Uvh *.rpm --oldpackage
> 
> while you are root and preferably you are out of X and in a terminal. 
> This should replace the new packages with the older versions. If you 
> find that there are additional programs/libraries that also need to be 
> rolled back, place these rpms within this directory and repeat the 
> command above again.
> 
> I would *not* advice rpm -e or yum erase for going back in X versioning.
> 

I have spent the better part of this day trying to understand how to do 
this without damaging my system. I learned much, but I was still far 
from feeling confident about trying something. Thank you for these 
instructions...

-- 
Claude Jones
Bluemont, VA, USA