In message <[email protected]> Stephan Wiesand <[email protected]> wrote:
> Hello, > On Apr 1, 2013, at 18:32 , Chris Howe <[email protected]> wrote: >> I was running SL6.1 OK but now the display no longer works - On boot >> the top half of the display is readable but the bottom half is >> rectangles of black and the screen. The mouse won't move into the >> lower half of the screen and produces a trail of black behind it. If >> I login the menus at the top are accessible but in half the width that >> they should be. >> I know that the monitor is OK as I use a KVM switch for another >> computer - I have also connected the monitor directly to the PC with >> no improvement. > it could be another driver for older video chips that got broken with > the recent X11 update. It happened to the nv driver as well, at least > for NVS 280 cards. > I'm working around it by using the vesa driver instead. In your case, > removing the xorg.conf and the xorg-x11-drv-savage package should do. > -- Stephan >> I tried booting to run level 3 and used startx, same result - I've >> attached the log file. >> >> I also tried Xorg - configure but this doesn't work either, I get the >> error "Number of created screens does not match the number of detected >> devices. Configuration failed, server terminated with error (2)"- The >> file it produces is attached. >> >> I have also tried updating the system to 6.4 in the hope this might >> fix it - it doesn't. >> >> Any help gratefully received. >> >> Chris Stephan, Removing the xorg-x11-drv-savage package worked. Thanks very much for your help. Chris
