<html><head><style type="text/css"><!-- DIV {margin:0px;} --></style></head><body><div style="font-family:times new roman,new york,times,serif;font-size:12pt"><div style="font-family: times new roman,new york,times,serif; font-size: 12pt;">----- Forwarded Message ----<br><div style="font-family: times new roman,new york,times,serif; font-size: 12pt;"><font face="Tahoma" size="2"><b><span style="font-weight: bold;">From:</span></b> gilesaj <gilesaj001@yahoo.ca><br><b><span style="font-weight: bold;">To:</span></b> elrepo@lists.elrepo.org<br><b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Sent:</span></b> Sun, 10 April, 2011 1:42:03 PM<br><b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Subject:</span></b> problem when loading new kmod-fglrx<br></font><br><div style="font-family: times new roman,new york,times,serif; font-size: 12pt;"><br><div> Hello,<br><br>I am not sure if this is the correct email address for problems but if not please redirect.<br>I am running
CENTOS 5 64 bit version 2.6.18-238-5-1 which yum updated to a day or two ago.<br><br>I have a previous version of kmod-fglrx installed and it worked great. I tried to update to the new release and did the following steps:<br><br><span>1. Ran the uninstall script as detailed on the page <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://elrepo.org/tiki/kmod-fglrx">http://elrepo.org/tiki/kmod-fglrx</a></span><br>2. Rebooted the PC as requested by the script.<br>3. When the PC rebooted it could not start X11 as the driver was gone so I tried to use the default driver but that did not work either.<br>4. On the command line I installed kmod-fglrx which
loaded both the 32 and 64 bit drivers as I have a 64 bit system.<br><br>When I rebooted the screen just goes blank after the screen wherethe linus version. It does not show the screens where the programs are loaded etc and the PC is just hanging there.<br><br>What can I do to get this working ? I don't seem to be able to get out of the blank screen to a command line to run the config-display ?? <br><br>Thanks<br><br>---------------<br><br>Update to the above:<br><br>I went to runlevel 3 and did the following:<br><br>1 . ran this command <pre>system-config-display --set-resolution 1024x768 --set-depth 24 --set-driver vesa --set-videoram 0<br><br>and X11 worked again but the driver is on vesa so I tried to install the fglrx update again and the<br>system says that it is up to date.<br><br>2. I went to system config display and selected fglrx - vendor-supplied driver for fglrx as I believe<br>that that is the driver ?? The screen just
stayed blank again when I logeed off and back on.<br><br>3. I did 1 above again and removed fglrx to see if the fglrx driver disappeared from the list, <br>which it did. <br><br>4. installed fglrx again and rebooted to get back to the normal boot and left the video at vesa<br><br>4. When the system came back it was fine in vesa mode<br><br>5. I changed the driver to the fglrx that was back on the list and logged out.<br><br>6. When I logged back in the x11 was working and the software I was using (BOINC) could see<br>the video card again.<br><br>So I have solved the problem and this can be set to resolved or just deleted.<br><br>Thanks<br><br>Giles<br><br><br><br></pre></div><br><br><br><br><br><div><br></div>
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