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Old 11-08-2009, 01:07 PM   #1
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Unhappy Problem with Fedora11 Display


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Hello

I am facing some problem with X display in my newly installed Fedora 11 ( in compaq presario system - a bit old system though !! ). When I open some images, it shows some horizontal lines and some grains, Normal desktop shows without any problem but applications are not opening properly. attached is one image I collected while opening a png image. How do I start trouble shoot the issue. In normal case ( with static contents ) Firefox works well but when I open some youtube video or so, it shows only some grains and horizontal lines.

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Old 11-08-2009, 02:30 PM   #2
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You should look at the xorg.conf file on the partition used by ubuntu to see if there are any missing values. Look in the screen section for possible xrandr values.
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Old 11-09-2009, 09:51 AM   #3
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Thanks Mr-Bisquit

Sorry to say that in FC11 partition I am not able to locate xorg.conf file. It is not there under /etc/X11. Is it a different file which will be used by xorg in FC11 ?

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Old 11-09-2009, 10:09 AM   #4
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Thanks Mr-Bisquit

Sorry to say that in FC11 partition I am not able to locate xorg.conf file. It is not there under /etc/X11. Is it a different file which will be used by xorg in FC11 ?

Thanks
Salil
Hm, should be /etc/X11/xorg.conf...

do a locate for xorg.conf.

Try:

system-config-desktop --reconfig

or:

change your graphics driver to vesa, in xorg.conf:

Driver 'vesa'
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Old 11-09-2009, 06:55 PM   #5
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Thanks James for suggestions

I am not able to locate xorg.conf in my system. The following is the contents of /etc/X11

# find /etc/X11/
/etc/X11/
/etc/X11/xorg.conf
/etc/X11/xinit
/etc/X11/xinit/Xclients.d
/etc/X11/xinit/xinputrc
/etc/X11/xinit/xinitrc
/etc/X11/xinit/xinput.d
/etc/X11/xinit/xinput.d/ibus.conf
/etc/X11/xinit/xinput.d/xim.conf
/etc/X11/xinit/xinput.d/none.conf
/etc/X11/xinit/xinitrc-common
/etc/X11/xinit/Xsession
/etc/X11/xinit/Xclients
/etc/X11/xinit/xinitrc.d
/etc/X11/xinit/xinitrc.d/00-start-message-bus.sh
/etc/X11/xinit/xinitrc.d/xdg-user-dirs.sh
/etc/X11/xinit/xinitrc.d/50-xinput.sh
/etc/X11/xinit/xinitrc.d/localuser.sh
/etc/X11/prefdm
/etc/X11/Xmodmap
/etc/X11/fontpath.d
/etc/X11/fontpath.d/liberation-fonts
/etc/X11/fontpath.d/xorg-x11-fonts-100dpi:unscaledri=30
/etc/X11/fontpath.d/fonts-default
/etc/X11/fontpath.d/default-ghostscript
/etc/X11/fontpath.d/cjkuni-fonts
/etc/X11/applnk
/etc/X11/Xresources

I couldn't find system-config-desktop also in my system. Is there any package which if I reinstall with yum - can resolve some of there issues ?


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Old 11-10-2009, 04:08 AM   #6
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Thanks James for suggestions

I am not able to locate xorg.conf in my system. The following is the contents of /etc/X11

# find /etc/X11/
/etc/X11/
/etc/X11/xorg.conf
/etc/X11/xinit
/etc/X11/xinit/Xclients.d
/etc/X11/xinit/xinputrc
/etc/X11/xinit/xinitrc
/etc/X11/xinit/xinput.d
/etc/X11/xinit/xinput.d/ibus.conf
/etc/X11/xinit/xinput.d/xim.conf
/etc/X11/xinit/xinput.d/none.conf
/etc/X11/xinit/xinitrc-common
/etc/X11/xinit/Xsession
/etc/X11/xinit/Xclients
/etc/X11/xinit/xinitrc.d
/etc/X11/xinit/xinitrc.d/00-start-message-bus.sh
/etc/X11/xinit/xinitrc.d/xdg-user-dirs.sh
/etc/X11/xinit/xinitrc.d/50-xinput.sh
/etc/X11/xinit/xinitrc.d/localuser.sh
/etc/X11/prefdm
/etc/X11/Xmodmap
/etc/X11/fontpath.d
/etc/X11/fontpath.d/liberation-fonts
/etc/X11/fontpath.d/xorg-x11-fonts-100dpi:unscaledri=30
/etc/X11/fontpath.d/fonts-default
/etc/X11/fontpath.d/default-ghostscript
/etc/X11/fontpath.d/cjkuni-fonts
/etc/X11/applnk
/etc/X11/Xresources

I couldn't find system-config-desktop also in my system. Is there any package which if I reinstall with yum - can resolve some of there issues ?


Thanks
Salil
Hmm, it must exist buddy as it's the second entry returned by that find command you've ran :

# find /etc/X11/
/etc/X11/xorg.conf

Edit this to say:

Driver 'vesa'

or alternatively install system-config-display:

# yum provides system-config-display
# yum install system-config-display

You can then run:

# system-config-display --reconfig

This will run x windows and ask you to reconfigure your graphics options.

Good luck.
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Old 11-11-2009, 12:46 AM   #7
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I could solve the problem .. I have installed system-config-display and configured the display to get things working !!!!

thanks for the help
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Old 11-11-2009, 11:52 AM   #8
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I could solve the problem .. I have installed system-config-display and configured the display to get things working !!!!

thanks for the help
Glad it worked
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