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
Problems with intel graphics driver driver upgrading 5.4 to 5.5 i386
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Re: Problems with intel graphics driver driver upgrading 5.4 to 5.5 i386
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
I had to do the same thing for my laptop.
Option "DCC" "false"
did not help, but changing from "intel" to "i810" did.
Option "DCC" "false"
did not help, but changing from "intel" to "i810" did.