Configuring xorg on FC4

[Jim Cornette]

Joseph D. Wagner wrote:

>Ever since I installed the lasted xorg updates, I have been unable to start xorg.  It goes to a black screen, and then my monitor goes to standby.  I've seen this before, and I'm sure all I have to do is reconfigure xorg.
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>However, I have been unable to find xorgconfig or hwd on my system.  Does anyone know what packages they are in, or where they should be installed on my system?
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>TIA
>
>Joseph D. Wagner
>
>Intel P3 650 MHz
>Intel 810 Chipset
>PCI ATI Raedon 9200 128MB
>No AGP Slots
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system-config-display is the program that reconfigures your display and 
videocard. If you want to start with a clean slate for configuration the 
--reconfig option to system-config-display will start with a from 
scratch configuration.

I tried xorg-x11 on an Intel 815 and needed to reboot in order for X to 
work. Just after updating and before rebooting, X would show a bunch of 
stripes up and downward. After reboot, it worked as the previous version 
did that killed Intel 830 and above cards.

Are you describing that you have both an Intel 810 onboard card and a 
Radeon PCI videocard? Have you hooked monitors to both cards?

In my experience with the Intel builtin card and another PCI videocard, 
the memory allocation for the Intel and radeon PCI cards did not 
allocate memory ranges correctly for each card. Even though the PCI card 
had its own builtin memory, it would try to use shared memory instead of 
builtin memory from the PCI card. This limited the Intel to low 
resolutions, like 800x600.

Anyway, if your builtin video card is the Intel 810 and not just a 
videocard that uses the i810 driver. (810 through 915) this bug might 
need to be reported.  The 810 uses shared memory and might have a glitch 
in the present state of the driver. (more Intel cards added to the 
supported area)

If this is the case, what does the Intel card do when it is the only 
card in the system? Physically removing the PCI card might be needed to 
test the Intel independently. The presence of the PCI card might 
influence the builtin card configuration.

Hopefully, system-config-display --reconfig as root in a terminal fixes 
your problem.

Jim

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