Help (driver problem)

[sarmad93]

hi to all here..
last night i installed fedora16 on my dell gx745 desktop.which has 2 gb ram,3 ghz dualcore processor and Intel q965 chipset..now my problem is this when i change my screen resolution my screen crashes...i think there is a driver problem..what do u say?what could be the problem..please give me solution for this problem i am waiting...
(i also installed ubuntu 11.10 but there was no problem of screen crash..the problem is only with fedora)

[Rubberman]

What kernel and what driver are you using? You can get the kernel with the command "uname -r", and the driver list with "lsmod". Post the output here.

[atreyu]

Also, have you updated the system? Specifically, there may be XOrg server/driver updates that have already addressed your problem.

EDIT: Not sure if your system uses it, but I see that there is an update available in the Fedora 16 updates repo for the xorg-x11-drv-intel package (2.17.0-4). There is also an update available for the xorg-x11-server-Xorg package (1.11.3-1).

[sarmad93]

@rubberman
i am using
uname -r=3.1.6-1.fc16.i686

lsmod=video i915

@atreyu

i tried botht xorg-x11-drv-intel and xorg-x11-server-Xorg. but terminal is saying "already installed and latest version"

what should i do now???

[atreyu]

i tried botht xorg-x11-drv-intel and xorg-x11-server-Xorg. but terminal is saying "already installed and latest version"

are you sure you tried the ones in the "updates" repo? i.e. is your updates repo enabled? this command will tell you:

yum repolist

you can verify the version of the installed packages with:

rpm -qv xorg-x11-drv-intel xorg-x11-server-Xorg

Once you've confirmed your packages are up to date, if you still have no joy, then try these kernel boot parameters:

vga=normal nomodeset

You can try them at boot time by interrupting the grub bootloader and appending them, or you can (temporarily) add it to your grub.conf file. If there is already a vga=XXX line, replace it with the one above.

You may also need to get the specs of your monitor and put the proper values for HorizSync and VertRefresh in /etc/X11/xorg.conf (note that that file is usually not even there anymore, you'll have to create it).

if all that doesn't work, post the output of your /var/log/Xorg.0.log file.

[sarmad93]

@atreyu
thanks for your work and support.appreciated

i am totally new to linux so i don't know how edit grub boot loader...i removed fedora from my pc and back again installed ubuntu 11.10 on my pc which is working awesome..

[atreyu]

i removed fedora from my pc and back again installed ubuntu 11.10 on my pc which is working awesome..

Fedora lost that battle...but a victory for Linux in general!