xorg-x11 update may have broken my system

[Jeff Vian]

On Sat, 2005-09-17 at 11:09 -0400, Jim Cornette wrote:
> Bart Couvreur wrote:
> 
> >On 9/17/05, sguazt sguazt <sguazt at hotmail.com> wrote:
> >  
> >
> >>Hi,
> >>  I have a similar problem.
> >>
> >>This morning I updated my laptop (Dell Latitude D505) with last fc4 updates,
> >>i.e. xorg-x11, qt-devel, dia.
> >>
> >>After those (and after restarting X) X crashed (and the screen too).
> >>Usually I boot into init 3 and then I "startx" X (with enlightenment as a
> >>wm).
> >>After those updates every time I try to start-X the screen crash; I press
> >>Ctrl-Alt-Backspace but the screen is always corrupted (i.e. I don't see the
> >>textual console) and the only way I can restore it is by typing reboot (or
> >>poweroff) 8-|
> >>
> >>My graphics chipset is the Intel i855GM.
> >>
> >>The bad thing for me is that probably this week I have to give up to a Quake
> >>match :((((
> >>
> >>Any help is appreciated!!
> >>
> >>Thanks guys!!
> >>
> >>    
> >>
> >
> >Hey guys, I had it to, solved it (or more a temporary solution): I
> >went back to the original xorg files from the installdvd: I checked in
> >/var/cache/yum/updates-released/packages which xorg-packages I had and
> >copied the corresponding ones to a folder from the dvd and installed
> >them with rpm -Uvh --oldpackage *.rpm
> >X then happely works again!
> >
> >Just remeber that the libvgawh.a thing exsists in that version of xorg!
> >
> >And now I'm waiting for a new update of xorg!
> >
> >Hope this helps,
> >
> >Bart
> >
> >  
> >
> Don't forget to file a bug report against the newer version. It concerns 
> me that the newer version would bomb out as badly as it has with some 
> users. I assumed the problems were corrected and the less buggy version 
> of X would be used and patched for the security update.
> I have an Intel 815 which I can test out later with the new version of X.
> 
> Jim
> 

Some people seem to have had problems.  I did a full update on my laptop
(Dell Inspiron 8100 with nvidia graphics and the nvidia driver) and have
absolutely no problems.  I wonder if the problems may not be related to
which video card/driver is in use.