can't get X to work after installing F9

[Dan Track]

On Thu, Aug 21, 2008 at 4:35 AM, Tim <ignored_mailbox at yahoo.com.au> 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
> read messages from the public lists.

Tim,

If it's a matrox card then that the matrox driver doesn't work with
the new xorg server in Fedora 9. You'll need to get another card or
maybe try the new (beta) matrox driver from the originators website (I
can't remember the website).

Dan