I have F19 on a T30 Thinkpad, installed by fedup from F18 (which ran fine), and running xfce4 with some software from Gnome and KDE (such as gnome-terminal) also installed.
The display has elephantiasis, as if it were on a screen big enough to cover the room wall. It is a deep reddish brown (on black), and hard to see despite the absurd magnification.
It's also way slow, at least when I use its own keyboard and mouse. I have my desktop PC connected to it over ssh -Y; it seems to respond at a normal rate here. (But, despite the -Y, I can't get to any display other than a terminal, on the PC any more than on the laptop. Or, maybe, I just don't know how.)
. Maybe the following, from the PC, will tell someone something :
[root@T30 ~]# startx xauth: file /root/.serverauth.7562 does not exist
X.Org X Server 1.14.3 Release Date: 2013-09-12 X Protocol Version 11, Revision 0 Build Operating System: 3.10.9-200.fc19.x86_64 Current Operating System: Linux T30.localdomain 3.11.1-200.fc19.i686.PAE #1 SMP Sat Sep 14 15:20:42 UTC 2013 i686 Kernel command line: BOOT_IMAGE=/vmlinuz-0- rescue-1d7352e603b24d77a5b516b0204a434a root=/dev/mapper/vg_t30-lv_root ro rd.md=0 rd.dm=0 KEYTABLE=us SYSFONT=True rd.lvm.lv=vg_t30/lv_swap rd.luks=0 LANG=en_US.UTF-8 rd.lvm.lv=vg_t30/lv_root rhgb quiet Build Date: 16 September 2013 12:43:28AM Build ID: xorg-x11-server 1.14.3-1.fc19 Current version of pixman: 0.30.0 Before reporting problems, check http://wiki.x.org to make sure that you have the latest version. Markers: (--) probed, (**) from config file, (==) default setting, (++) from command line, (!!) notice, (II) informational, (WW) warning, (EE) error, (NI) not implemented, (??) unknown. (==) Log file: "/var/log/Xorg.1.log", Time: Sun Oct 13 13:32:18 2013 (==) Using config directory: "/etc/X11/xorg.conf.d" (==) Using system config directory "/usr/share/X11/xorg.conf.d" setversion 1.4 failed Initializing built-in extension Generic Event Extension Initializing built-in extension SHAPE Initializing built-in extension MIT-SHM Initializing built-in extension XInputExtension Initializing built-in extension XTEST Initializing built-in extension BIG-REQUESTS Initializing built-in extension SYNC Initializing built-in extension XKEYBOARD Initializing built-in extension XC-MISC Initializing built-in extension XINERAMA Initializing built-in extension XFIXES Initializing built-in extension RENDER Initializing built-in extension RANDR Initializing built-in extension COMPOSITE Initializing built-in extension DAMAGE Initializing built-in extension MIT-SCREEN-SAVER Initializing built-in extension DOUBLE-BUFFER Initializing built-in extension RECORD Initializing built-in extension DPMS Initializing built-in extension X-Resource Initializing built-in extension XVideo Initializing built-in extension XVideo-MotionCompensation Initializing built-in extension SELinux Initializing built-in extension XFree86-VidModeExtension Initializing built-in extension XFree86-DGA Initializing built-in extension XFree86-DRI Initializing built-in extension DRI2 Loading extension GLX (EE) Fatal server error: (EE) xf86OpenConsole: VT_ACTIVATE failed: No such device or address (EE) (EE) Please consult the Fedora Project support at http://wiki.x.org for help. (EE) Please also check the log file at "/var/log/Xorg.1.log" for additional information. (EE) (EE) Server terminated with error (1). Closing log file. ^Cxinit: giving up xinit: unable to connect to X server: Connection refused xinit: unexpected signal 2 [root@T30 ~]#
I would like at least to establish whether the trouble is in F19, in me, or in my hardware.
On 13 October 2013 14:43, Beartooth beartooth@comcast.net wrote:
I would like at least to establish whether the trouble is in F19,in me, or in my hardware.
Hi: AFAIR that laptop has some Radeon 7500 or something like that. So that's not helping. What about open a TTY (alt+ctrl+f2) is the shell better there? Have you tested the memory with memtest+ ? I'm afraid that the lack of 3D rendering capabilities is killing you, my son uses my old T43 and we're using Gnome but with the "Fallback" mode, cause even with the i915 intel card it's dead slow.
Kind regards
On Mon, 14 Oct 2013 14:13:53 -0300, Carlos "casep" Sepulveda wrote:
On 13 October 2013 14:43, Beartooth beartooth@comcast.net wrote:
I would like at least to establish whether the trouble is in F19,in me, or in my hardware.
Hi: AFAIR that laptop has some Radeon 7500 or something like that. So that's not helping.
I'm sorry: I don't speak hardware. :-{
What about open a TTY (alt+ctrl+f2) is the shell better there?
Well, the font is back to normal, if not smaller; but it's so dim I can barely see it's there. (The brightness is at max.)
Have you tested the memory with memtest+ ?
No -- but I think I have a CD with it here somewhere, or can make one. Stay tuned.
I'm afraid that the lack of 3D rendering capabilities is killing you, my son uses my old T43 and we're using Gnome but with the "Fallback" mode, cause even with the i915 intel card it's dead slow.
Well, the chief purpose of this laptop is to run proprietary software connected with a GPS -- preferably on a virtual XP. (Wine will usually install and launch, but not connect to a GPS.) Looks like I'd better upgrade <sigh>.
Meanwhile, unless memtest offers surprises, I may try installing CentOS 6.4, and look for some other use, or give the machine away. I'd rather get the data off it first, though ....
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Beartooth -
Carlos "casep" Sepulveda