xorg update wiped old configuration....

[Zigzagcom]

LOL, the last round of updates of xorg changed the xorg.conf on my box. I had installed the nvidia driver some time ago and after rebooting, X balked and didn't want to load.
Another reboot, and it offered to reconfigure itself.
It loaded the default vesa driver and the gnome desktop manager was back, albeit
with an 85HZ refresh rate, so I had to change the hardware setting back to my nvidia card (under Display Settings-->Hardware).
Now the question...do I have to reinstall the nvidia driver, or just tweak the /etc/x11/xorg.conf file to reflect the changes as described in the FC 4 installation notes....
uncomment "Load dri"
change "nv" to "nvidia"

will that work? The kernel is still the last kernel....

[niko123456]

who authorised this update? this has to be an accidental commit. absolutely hopeless.

it has destroyed my ability to start X. it is just a garbled screen. completely unfunctional.

im not even using nvidia - just a standard intel chipset. now im trying to think how I could possibly get it back..

these things always happen at the worst of times. having an important essay sitting on your desktop that is impossible to access is not fun.

[Zigzagcom]

I figured I wasn't alone in this one...

[smfinley]

You could boot into runlevel 3. (Hit "a" at the boot splash screen, type a space and a "3" at the end of the kernel line", hit enter) and log in as root and see what you can do. Perhaps a "yum groupremove "X Window System" "GNOME Desktop Environment" and then a "yum groupinstall "X Window System" "GNOME Desktop Environment" would work.

[sayeeth]

Using Livna's nvidia rpm has not given me the problems as mentioned above. Perhaps it's better to use the rpm instead?

[niko123456]

Using Livna's nvidia rpm has not given me the problems as mentioned above. Perhaps it's better to use the rpm instead?

have you restarted though?

[sayeeth]

have you restarted though?

Yes, I restarted just after installing the updates and seeing this thread to make sure I'm not affected by this problem.

[smfinley]

I don't have nvidia installed at all and it happened to me.

[niko123456]

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla....cgi?id=168562

I have filed this bugreport. Maybe others could fill in some gaps or extra information.

[Zigzagcom]

They did this on purpose, trying to teach us how to use the CLI to fix problems...