bionicfreeze
2009-02-08, 03:37 PM CST
heres my situation. i made the jump from windows to linux with the release of fedora core 1. i bought a new laptop with a ati card when i install fedora i can login and all goes well. my routine is once i login to a new installation for the 1st time i run yum update to download all updates prior to configuring my system. thats where things tend to go wrong for me. once i reboot after updating i cant even login after x starts my mouse is normal but my screen is all scrambled with random colors. is this a driver issue or somthing else. note i have not configured anything at this point only updated my fresh installation. my hardware profile is below. i also tried the 32 bit version with the same resaults. another question is if i use leighs how to will it effect my ability to keep fedora updated fyi im using opensuse 11.1 and i hate it.
* Bright 15.4-inch LCD stylishly accented with an onyx blue metallic LCD cover
* 1.8 GHz 64-bit AMD Turion 64 X2 TL-56 processor, 250 GB hard drive, 4 GB RAM, dual-layer DVD/CD burner with Labelflash printing
* 54g Atherols Wi-Fi (802.11b/g); 10/100 Ethernet; ATI Radeon X1200 graphics card with up to 319 MB of shared memory
* Connectivity: 4 USB, 1 FireWire, 1 VGA, 1 S-Video, 1 ExpressCard 34/54. 5-in-1 memory card reader
* Bright 15.4-inch LCD stylishly accented with an onyx blue metallic LCD cover
* 1.8 GHz 64-bit AMD Turion 64 X2 TL-56 processor, 250 GB hard drive, 4 GB RAM, dual-layer DVD/CD burner with Labelflash printing
* 54g Atherols Wi-Fi (802.11b/g); 10/100 Ethernet; ATI Radeon X1200 graphics card with up to 319 MB of shared memory
* Connectivity: 4 USB, 1 FireWire, 1 VGA, 1 S-Video, 1 ExpressCard 34/54. 5-in-1 memory card reader