can't get X to work after installing F9

[John Austin]

On Thu, 2008-08-21 at 13:05 +0930, Tim wrote:
> On Wed, 2008-08-20 at 20:41 -0500, samk at twinix.com wrote:
> > I upgraded my aging F7 box to F9 yesterday by reinstalling from
> > scratch.  After I finished installing selected packages and rebooted,
> > I discovered that X no longer worked.
> 
> Before anything else, I'd try doing a "yum update" to make sure you've
> got the latest versions of everything installed, particularly related to
> X.
> 
> Then, "system-config-display --reconfig" or simply erase the xorg.conf
> file and try running without one (for automatic config, each boot).
> 
> -- 
> [tim at localhost ~]$ uname -r
> 2.6.25.14-108.fc9.i686
> 
> Don't send private replies to my address, the mailbox is ignored.  I
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> 
> 
> 
I had the same problem with a Matrox G550
With the latest X (F9 x64) the max res was 800x600 and to get
that back after playing with things was difficult
Searched the web and reference to the problem several
months ago with comment such as "unlikely to be fixed soon"

Went and bought a cheap nvidia card !!
Noisier machine but it works !!

John