Fedora 11 2.6.30.8-64.fc11.x86 64 upgrade breaks Xorg
This is a workaround for an issue with Xorg when upgraded to the 2.6.30.8-64.fc11.x86_64 kernel.
Symptoms:
- You are booting with your new kernel and you see the fedora "F" logo load and directly after it goes to a blank screen which may or may not have a cursor blinking in the top left hand corner.
- You try and boot the old kernel, selecting it in grub, it gets a little further than the "F" logo loading and then cuts to a coloured screen.
Workaround:
- Boot from the new kernel
- when you get to the blank screen, switch to another terminal by hitting Ctrl + Alt + F2.
- login as root and navigate to (hostname~#cd /etc/X11/)
- Now you are in the xorg directory. From here issue the command [hostname~#cp /etc/X11/xorg.conf /etc/X11/xorg.conf.bak] This command will backup your current configuration. The problem with the current configuration is that by default Fedora will use the Nvidia drivers. The Lenovo T400s has an "Intel mobile 4 series graphics controller". We are basically going to switch the driver around with the Intel one.
- now that you have backed up your xorg.conf file; use your favourite text editor (nano, vi, etc) to edit [/etc/X11/xorg.conf].
- copy and replace the following information into that file:
Section "Files" ModulePath "/usr/lib64/xorg/modules" EndSection
Section "Device" Identifier "Videocard0" Driver "intel" EndSection
- Save the file and logout as root
- log back in as your regular user and issue the command [hostname~$ startx]. A window will spawn and you will be back in business.
