Fedora and the horrible EDID checksum issue with various video cards

[Michael Cronenworth]

Mark Haney wrote:
> repeatedly, pegging my proc and rendering the system unusable.  Has the
> 3.1+ kernels addressed this issue?  Is it still hanging out there?  What
> exactly is the status of this in the Fedora realm?
>
> Right now, I have a system I can use (with the 0.13 kernel) but I don't
> want to upgrade if it leaves me with an unusable system.

What is your video chip?

You can try a Fedora Live image, which will contain the 3.1.0 kernel. 
This is a read-only image that does not modify your hard drive. Fedora 
16 has just received the 3.3.0 kernel as an update, which may also 
contain fixes for you.