[rhn-users] FC4 yum update killed video - dell laptop

[Lance Raymond]

BINGO.....

when I did try the sysconf it too locked up the screen, sure enough the 
video was set to i810.  Simply replaced, switched run levels and up it went!

Thanks sooo much Scott and the others who responded.

Take care all, thanks again.

Lance


Scott D. Anderson wrote:

>Red Hat Network Users List writes:
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>>Hey all, running a Dell Inspiron 300m, did a large yum update (several x
>>packages) and on restart run level 5 is dead. I can barely make out the
>>bios/boot screen.
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>We had the same trouble here (Fedora Core 4 running on Gateway E4300s and
>E4100s).  My student assistants determined that the latest YUM update of
>Xorg packages caused the problem.  Our first fix was to run
>system-config-display, which mostly worked (the equivalent for RedHat is
>redhat-config-display).  Later, we were able to determine that the
>"driver" specified in /etc/X11/xorg.conf had changed to "i810" and when we
>changed it to "vesa," X11 worked again.  Your mileage may vary, of course.
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>Good luck!
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>Scott
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