Problems with intel graphics driver driver upgrading 5.4 to 5.5 i386

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Problems with intel graphics driver driver upgrading 5.4 to 5.5 i386

Post by luzem » 2010/05/16 16:50:16

Helo to everyone, i upgrade a machine running centos 5.4 to 5.5 this morning. After the update the X start i saw the pointer and a black backgroud only the desktop doesn't appear.
The machine is a barebone with this configuration

00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Mobile 945GM/PM/GMS, 943/940GML and 945GT Express Memory Controller Hub (rev 03)
00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation Mobile 945GM/GMS, 943/940GML Express Integrated Graphics Controller (rev 03)
00:02.1 Display controller: Intel Corporation Mobile 945GM/GMS/GME, 943/940GML Express Integrated Graphics Controller (rev 03)
00:1d.0 USB Controller: Intel Corporation N10/ICH7 Family USB UHCI Controller #1 (rev 02)
00:1d.1 USB Controller: Intel Corporation N10/ICH 7 Family USB UHCI Controller #2 (rev 02)
00:1d.2 USB Controller: Intel Corporation N10/ICH 7 Family USB UHCI Controller #3 (rev 02)
00:1d.3 USB Controller: Intel Corporation N10/ICH 7 Family USB UHCI Controller #4 (rev 02)
00:1d.7 USB Controller: Intel Corporation N10/ICH 7 Family USB2 EHCI Controller (rev 02)
00:1e.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801 Mobile PCI Bridge (rev e2)
00:1e.2 Multimedia audio controller: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) AC'97 Audio Controller (rev 02)
00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corporation 82801GHM (ICH7-M DH) LPC Interface Bridge (rev 02)
00:1f.2 IDE interface: Intel Corporation 82801GBM/GHM (ICH7 Family) SATA IDE Controller (rev 02)
00:1f.3 SMBus: Intel Corporation N10/ICH 7 Family SMBus Controller (rev 02)
01:02.0 Ethernet controller: Intel Corporation 82541GI Gigabit Ethernet Controller (rev 05)
01:09.0 Ethernet controller: Intel Corporation 82541GI Gigabit Ethernet Controller (rev 05)

the problem was in the Xorg.conf file the old Xorg.conf file was these
Section "Device"
Identifier "Videocard0"
Driver "intel"
EndSection

and i solved the black screen problem changing the driver for i810

Section "Device"
Identifier "Videocard0"
Driver "i810"
EndSection

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Re: Problems with intel graphics driver driver upgrading 5.4 to 5.5 i386

Post by pschaff » 2010/05/17 20:48:27

Welcome to the CentOS fora, and thanks for reporting. I'll add a note to the [url=http://wiki.centos.org/Manuals/ReleaseNotes/CentOS5.5]CentOS 5.5 Release Notes[/url].

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Problems with intel graphics driver driver upgrading 5.4 to

Post by gerald_clark » 2010/05/17 21:30:53

I had to do the same thing for my laptop.
Option "DCC" "false"
did not help, but changing from "intel" to "i810" did.

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