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Re: Posted for testing on SL6: updated xorg drivers
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Ken Teh <[log in to unmask]>
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Ken Teh <[log in to unmask]>
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Wed, 11 Jul 2012 16:06:14 -0500
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Continuing problems with X11.

No discernible pattern.  After the downgrade, we can get the login box but after logging in, the screen will simply blank out.  Sometimes it blanks out immediately.  Sometimes you can actually get a few minutes of useful work done before it blanks out.




On 07/11/2012 03:56 PM, Boris Goldowsky wrote:
> It appears that we need rebuilt versions of xorg-x11-drv-fbdev and xorg-x11-drv-vesa as well, at least on my system.
>
> Boris
>
> On Jul 11, 2012, at 3:08 PM, "Pat Riehecky" <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>
>> The updated xorg drivers that were released as a part of upstream's 6.3 release have been posted to
>>
>> ftp://ftp.scientificlinux.org/linux/scientific/6rolling/testing/i386/
>> ftp://ftp.scientificlinux.org/linux/scientific/6rolling/testing/x86_64/
>>
>> These packages may address some of the xorg issues encountered with the last security update.
>>
>>
>> yum --enablerepo=sl-testing update <package you wish to test>
>>
>>
>> As a reminder, this update was posted for testing on June 29th.  There were no reports of X related problems during this 12 day window.
>>
>> All problem reports provided during that window were corrected.
>>
>> http://listserv.fnal.gov/scripts/wa.exe?A2=ind1206&L=scientific-linux-users&X=766B912E1DB10315B7&P=24553
>>
>>
>> i386:
>>     xorg-x11-drv-ati-6.14.2-9.el6.i686.rpm
>>     xorg-x11-drv-ati-firmware-6.14.2-9.el6.noarch.rpm
>>     xorg-x11-drv-intel-2.16.0-4.el6.i686.rpm
>>     xorg-x11-drv-intel-devel-2.16.0-4.el6.i686.rpm
>>     xorg-x11-drv-mga-1.4.13-7.el6.i686.rpm
>>     xorg-x11-drv-wacom-0.13.0-6.el6.i686.rpm
>>     xorg-x11-drv-wacom-devel-0.13.0-6.el6.i686.rpm
>>
>> x86_64:
>>     xorg-x11-drv-ati-6.14.2-9.el6.x86_64.rpm
>>     xorg-x11-drv-ati-firmware-6.14.2-9.el6.noarch.rpm
>>     xorg-x11-drv-intel-2.16.0-4.el6.i686.rpm
>>     xorg-x11-drv-intel-2.16.0-4.el6.x86_64.rpm
>>     xorg-x11-drv-intel-devel-2.16.0-4.el6.i686.rpm
>>     xorg-x11-drv-intel-devel-2.16.0-4.el6.x86_64.rpm
>>     xorg-x11-drv-mga-1.4.13-7.el6.x86_64.rpm
>>     xorg-x11-drv-wacom-0.13.0-6.el6.x86_64.rpm
>>     xorg-x11-drv-wacom-devel-0.13.0-6.el6.i686.rpm
>>     xorg-x11-drv-wacom-devel-0.13.0-6.el6.x86_64.rpm

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