Hello,

I had the exact same display problem with SL 4.3...and I had to back
down to SL 4.2 after the upgrade to 4.3 failed.  I was never able to get
the X server to start properly - I'd see the spinning dots but never a
login screen.  I tried all sorts of xorg.conf tweaks and changes but
nothing that I tried helped.  I am now running SL 4.4 on the
2.6.9-42.0.3.EL kernel with no problems and it has been stable for
several months now.

My hardware is a Dell Dimension 5150 (Intel Pentium 4/HT) with onboard
video....I don't have the specifics off hand but can try to research
them if it helps you.

Regards,
Christopher Juckins

Connie Sieh wrote:
> Note that SL 4.4 has a newer X and also a newer kernel.  What version
> kernel and X do you have ?
> 
> -Connie Sieh
> 
> On Mon, 29 Jan 2007, Troy Dawson wrote:
> 
>> Aldo F. Saavedra wrote:
>>> Hi Mark,
>>>
>>> The Live CD that came with SL 4.3 has never worked with this pc. It
>>> hangs just after it shows you the options for booting. I should try that
>>> live alpha CD SL 5 that mentioned before. The only way we managed to
>>> install SL 4.3 was setting all sorts of options at boot.
>>>
>>> But I do not think it is a hardware problem because while it is booting
>>> it is showing the graphics gui.. the cursor, the spinning dots and a
>>> description of each step.. it is only when it is finished booting and it
>>> is about to show the login screen that I get the flicker.
>>>
>>> Cheers,
>>> Aldo
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Mark Whidby wrote:
>>>> Aldo F. Saavedra wrote:
>>>>> Hi,
>>>>>
>>>>> I have an intel core Duo machine to which I installed SLC 4.3 . It
>>>>> has worked fine (except for the IRQ 11 message that appears once in a
>>>>> while).  The only problem I seem to have is that once in a while it
>>>>> will boot to blank blueish flickering screen...
>>>>>
>>>>> It did it a number of times but sometimes the login screen would
>>>>> appear allowing you to log in and work with no problem. Sometimes
>>>>> when you logged out the screen would turn back to the flickering
>>>>> screen.
>>>>>
>>>>> The input still working when the screen flickering because I log in
>>>>> and then I get a red and black flickering screen. I'm not sure what
>>>>> the problem is.
>>>>>
>>>>> The graphics card is built in the motherboard so is vesa
>>>>> an appropriate driver? Does Intel have its own drivers?
>>>>> Now the screen only flickers all the time with no chance on the
>>>>> occasional session. Any ideas are welcome.
>>>>
>>>> Could it be a hardware problem?
>>>> Have you tried booting from a live CD e.g. Knoppix or the SL live CD?
>>>>
>>>
>>
>> Can you send us the output of
>>
>>   /sbin/lspci
>>
>> Just because the video is built in doesn't mean it is intel.
>> VESA is usually the fallback default choice.  So there might be a better
>> video driver for your video.
>>
>> Troy
>>
>