New xorg update gives horrible display - long

Anne Wilson cannewilson at googlemail.com
Fri Apr 23 09:01:58 UTC 2010


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On Friday 23 April 2010 09:30:44 Thomas Janssen wrote:
> 2010/4/23 Anne Wilson <cannewilson at googlemail.com>:
> > I'm utterly confused.  Downgrading the intel driver didn't cure the
> > display problem, yet I didn't have it with the old driver.  It was basic
> > - no compositing etc - but no display distortion either.  I've tried to
> > find out what's happening, but I'm completely lost.
> > 
> > Installed Packages
> > xorg-x11-drv-intel.i686         2.10.0-4.fc13          @fedora
> > Available Packages
> > xorg-x11-drv-intel.i686         2.11.0-1.fc13          updates-testing
> > ....
> > Removing:
> >  xorg-x11-drv-intel     i686     2.10.0-4.fc13      @fedora     789 k
> > Removing for dependencies:
> >  xorg-x11-drivers       i686     7.3-14.fc13        @fedora     0.0
> > ....
> > Updating:
> >  xorg-x11-drv-intel   i686   2.11.0-1.fc13    updates-testing   191 k
> > ....
> > Complete!
> > 
> > [root at tecraA11 ~]# yum install xorg-x11-drivers
> > Loaded plugins: refresh-packagekit
> > Setting up Install Process
> > Package xorg-x11-drivers-7.3-14.fc13.i686 already installed and latest
> > version Nothing to do
> > 
> > !! It said it removed it - and it didn't say that it put it back as a
> > dependency.  I'm utterly lost.  Meanwhile, it's not obvious what is
> > causing the display problems, as the previously installed version also
> > has it.  There must be some interaction with one of the other packages.
> 
> Next suspect would be xorg-X11-* packages. Guessing you know that the
> HW is still ok ;)

It had better be.  This is a brand-new laptop.

The only xorg-x11-related changes in the update yesterday were

Installing:
 xorg-x11-drivers        i686  7.3-14.fc13     fedora           7.8 k
 xorg-x11-drv-fpit       i686  1.3.0-10.fc13   updates-testing   14 k
 xorg-x11-drv-synaptics  i686  1.2.2-2.fc13    updates-testing   61 k
 xorg-x11-drv-vmmouse    i686  12.6.9-2.fc13   updates-testing   17 k
 xorg-x11-drv-wacom      i686  0.10.5-2.fc13   updates-testing  113 k
Updating for dependencies:
 xorg-x11-server-Xorg    i686  1.8.0-7.fc13    updates-testing  1.3 M
 xorg-x11-server-common  i686  1.8.0-7.fc13    updates-testing   60 k

Trying to revert these got me into the loop I described above.

In case there's some sort of interaction with another installed package I 
listed them all - many obviously not needed by me.

xorg-x11-apps.i686                      7.4-13.fc13            installed        
xorg-x11-drv-acecad.i686                1.4.0-3.fc13           installed        
xorg-x11-drv-aiptek.i686                1.3.0-3.fc13           installed        
xorg-x11-drv-cirrus.i686                1.3.2-2.fc13           installed        
xorg-x11-drv-dummy.i686                 0.3.3-2.fc13           installed        
xorg-x11-drv-elographics.i686           1.2.3-6.fc13           installed        
xorg-x11-drv-fbdev.i686                 0.4.1-3.fc13           installed        
xorg-x11-drv-geode.i686                 2.11.4.1-2.fc13        installed        
xorg-x11-drv-glint.i686                 1.2.4-2.fc13           installed        
xorg-x11-drv-hyperpen.i686              1.3.0-4.fc13           installed        
xorg-x11-drv-i128.i686                  1.3.3-2.fc13           installed        
xorg-x11-drv-i740.i686                  1.3.2-2.fc13           installed        
xorg-x11-drv-keyboard.i686              1.4.0-4.fc13           installed        
xorg-x11-drv-mach64.i686                6.8.2-2.fc13           installed        
xorg-x11-drv-mga.i686                   1.4.11-2.fc13          installed        
xorg-x11-drv-mouse.i686                 1.5.0-4.fc13           installed        
xorg-x11-drv-mutouch.i686               1.2.1-6.fc13           installed        
xorg-x11-drv-neomagic.i686              1.2.4-3.fc13           installed        
xorg-x11-drv-nv.i686                    2.1.15-5.fc13          installed        
xorg-x11-drv-penmount.i686              1.4.0-6.fc13           installed        
xorg-x11-drv-r128.i686                  6.8.1-3.fc13           installed        
xorg-x11-drv-rendition.i686             4.2.2-5.fc13           installed        
xorg-x11-drv-s3virge.i686               1.10.4-2.fc13          installed        
xorg-x11-drv-savage.i686                2.3.1-2.fc13           installed        
xorg-x11-drv-siliconmotion.i686         1.7.3-3.20100122.fc13  installed        
xorg-x11-drv-sis.i686                   0.10.2-2.fc13          installed        
xorg-x11-drv-sisusb.i686                0.9.3-2.fc13           installed        
xorg-x11-drv-tdfx.i686                  1.4.3-2.fc13           installed        
xorg-x11-drv-trident.i686               1.3.3-2.fc13           installed        
xorg-x11-drv-v4l.i686                   0.2.0-4.fc13.1         installed        
xorg-x11-drv-vmware.i686                10.16.7-3.fc13         installed        
xorg-x11-drv-void.i686                  1.3.0-5.fc13           installed        
xorg-x11-drv-voodoo.i686                1.2.3-2.fc13           installed        
xorg-x11-font-utils.i686                1:7.2-11.fc13          installed        
xorg-x11-proto-devel.noarch             7.4-36.fc13            installed        
xorg-x11-resutils.i686                  7.1-10.fc13            installed        
xorg-x11-server-utils.i686              7.4-16.fc13            installed        
xorg-x11-utils.i686                     7.4-9.fc13             installed        
xorg-x11-xkb-utils.i686                 7.4-7.fc13             installed 

I assume that many of tghese are installed from one package.

Anne
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