X hanging sys in FC5

teddiesmooth · #1 29th March 2006, 01:22 AM

I am running FC5 on a TI Powerbook 867.

Everything installed without a hitch. My main problem is switching from a Gnome session to a terminal and then back into X. Has anyone else had this problem? Trying to log into another terminal session is not possible once X hangs. The display shows 4 copies of the previous terminal across the top of the screen, shows wonky colors on the bottom of the desktop of the Gnome session, but the toolbar at the bottom looks ok

Also, I am noticing that when I reboot (upon term signal) the display garbles the text, or it won't show at all. Could it be the video drivers?

stmiller · #2 2nd April 2006, 01:12 AM

I could not get FC5 to work with the radeon or ATI drivers. I think it's b/c the kernel won't accept non-gpl modules. The fbdev driver works, for the meantime. Try editing /etc/xorg.conf and change the driver to fbdev.