FC4 won't come up (X problem?)

[Toralf Lund]

Ken Shaffer wrote:

> I added some repos (extra and nrpms) to get yum to update 
> (specifically firefox and thunderbird).  Yum updated 134 packages and 
> installed 13 for deps. 
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> A new kernel was one of the updates.    (I'm not at home, so I can't 
> remember what kernel version). 
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> Now, when I boot, FC4 comes up, ok.  It makes it all the way to where 
> X would load and it hangs with vertical black and white lines.  
> Ctl-alt-del doesn't work, alt-f2 etc, doesn't work either.
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> Any ideas?
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Not many, but could it be that something related to X was updated? Or is 
this one of the cases where the X driver uses special kernel support 
(possibly via a separate module) for the graphics card?

Maybe switching to the "vesa" driver for test purposes is a good idea. 
Boot in single user or level 3, open /etc/X11/xorg.conf in editor, 
locate the Driver line and replace "mga" or whatever the Matrox driver 
is called these days, with "vesa", save, then go to level 5...

>   I Will try to boot single tomrrow and troubleshoot further.  It is 
> an SMP machine, Dell Precision 220 with a matrox, G450 or 550 card.
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> Thanks,
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> Ken
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