looking for suggestions - radeon display bad

[Jim Cornette]

peter lesterhuis wrote:
>>
>> This is how I got the 'fglrx' driver to work on Fedora 8 with Livna
>> > repository....
>> > > # to get rid of the vestiges of a failed install attempt...
>> > yum remove \
>> >   kmod-fglrx \
>> >   kmod-fglrx-2.6.23.1-49 \
>> >   xorg-x11-drv-fglrx \
>> >   livna-config-display
>> > rpm -ivh \
>> >   /var/cache/yum/livna/packages/kmod-fglrx \
>> >   /var/cache/yum/livna/packages/kmod-fglrx-2.6.23.1-49 \
>> >   /var/cache/yum/livna/packages/xorg-x11-drv-fglrx \
>> >   /var/cache/yum/livna/packages/livna-config-display
> 
>> My problem with the above was that it seemed to hang while installing
>> > kmod-fglrx-2.6.23.1-49 which as far as I could tell, was while doing
>> > linking and finally, I just installed via rpm which worked.
>> > 
> I tried to install kmod-fglrx (yum install kmod-fglrx). It seemed to 
> install well, but X wouln't start anymore, even when I changed xorg.conf 
> back to "radeon". I couldn't get kmod-fglrx removed (yum remove 
> kmod-fglrx) so in the end I reinstalled f8.
> Peter
> 

It sounds like an extreme measure to reinstall because of an X driver. I 
was tempted to go from the rawhide version back to Fedora 8 when X would 
not start on reboot from an Fedora 8 to a rawhide upgrade. My options 
were limited though because I still did not get around to burning the F8 
iso to disc. No disc, no way to easily upgrade.
After logging into a root terminal, I used midnight commander and 
removed the xorg.conf file. I then unthinking logged into another 
virtual terminal as a regular user. I typed startx in the user terminal 
and X started.
The big surprise that this worked is because when I tried to run 
system-config-display --reconfig from root, the mouse did not work so it 
was useless. I guess the synaptics driver is busted so s-c-display must 
be checking for snaptics drivers prior to configuration. I don't know 
why since there is no need for scrolling using the tool.

About the radeon driver and the new server and driver. The text seems 
sharper and less washed out. It is not substantial. The log for Rawhide 
with the radeon driver is attached.

I guess the rest is to say the new X by user perspective works better. I 
would not recommend rushing out to try the rawhide version just yet.
I'll leave the other issues to bugzilla regarding the radeon driver and 
synaptics breakage which is already known about.

Jim

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