X server Keeps crashing. (rhgb 815 video)

[Derek Tattersall]

On Sat, 2004-12-04 at 12:44, Jim Cornette wrote:
> 
> Refer to this bug report for information on adding Option "Noaccel" to 
> xorg.conf file. The problem that you are seeing is due to breakage for 
> the i810 driver, which is used by your card.
> 
> After upgrading to the latest xorg-x11 version, maybe the option would 
> not be needed and can be removed. It worked on a system that I have and 
> even seems to be a better driver than it was previously.
> 
> I just posted a question regarding the upgrades to xorg-x11. If you can 
> report your experience, it would be helpful to confirm or argue against 
> the latest version removing the horrible refresh problem for this chipset.
> 

I have it working now, sort of.

I had to boot up with the rescue disk and edit the inittab to get it to
boot in CLI mode (level 3). Once I did that, I ran yum update and got
all the upgrades. Then my wireless card stopped working, but one thing
at a time. After rebooting, I managed to get the X server to start. I
had to add the noaccel option and set the resolution and color depth by
hand because system-config-display guessed incorrect values. For some
reason I can only get it to work in 16 bit mode, although it works in 24
bit mode with WinXP.


> The vesa driver only shows diagonal lines on my system. I don't know if 
> it would work at all for the 815 video card.
> 

I have it working with the i810 driver now.

> 
> -- 
> Weinberg's First Law:
> 	Progress is only made on alternate Fridays.

And this has been one of them.


Thanks.

Derek