xorg-x11 update may have broken my system

[Jeff Vian]

On Sat, 2005-09-17 at 14:19 -0500, Jeff Vian wrote:
> 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.
> 
I also did an update today on my PC at home.  Initially it hung during
boot, but I then recompiled the nvidia driver with it and have had no
problem since.

>From the xorg.0.log it told me the GLX driver could not be loaded as the
cause of the hang.  Recompiling the video driver seems to have fixed
that.