Hello Earl,<br><br>It sounds like you have a PowerVR GMA3650 GPU from Imagination Technolgies. I have had many problems with this GPU in distribution kernels and had to upgrade (using EL Repo made it easy). <br><br>Try appending video=LVDS-1:d to the kernel line in your grub.conf file.<br>
<br>After that you should get a graphic boot screen and use the fbdev or vesa driver. I had no luck with the Intel driver and this GPU.<br><br>Regards,<br><br>Antonio<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, Jan 15, 2013 at 10:24 AM, Alan Bartlett <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:ajb@elrepo.org" target="_blank">ajb@elrepo.org</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">Hi Earl,<br>
<br>
On 15 January 2013 14:15, Earl A Ramirez <<a href="mailto:earlaramirez@gmail.com" target="_blank">earlaramirez@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>
><br>
> I have booted into run level 3 and invoke startx, however I do not see any<br>
> errors because the screen goes blank with the dash on the top left corner of<br>
> the screen.<br>
<br>
O.k. So that definitely confirms a problem with the 'X' server<br>
configuration or the drivers available for your video chipset. (Which<br>
is not my area of expertise.)<br>
<br>
> Below is the content of the Xorg.5.log after I have booted with the stock<br>
> CentOS kernel.<br>
<br>
That may show something useful . . . perhaps others would care to comment?<br>
<br>
What it does do is to give you a template for an xorg.conf file that<br>
you could hand-craft and drop into the /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d/<br>
directory.<br>
<br>
[code]<br>
> [ 44.640] Section "Device"<br>
> [ 44.640] Identifier "Builtin Default intel Device 0"<br>
> [ 44.640] Driver "intel"<br>
> [ 44.640] EndSection<br>
> [ 44.640] Section "Screen"<br>
> [ 44.640] Identifier "Builtin Default intel Screen 0"<br>
> [ 44.640] Device "Builtin Default intel Device 0"<br>
> [ 44.640] EndSection<br>
> [ 44.640] Section "Device"<br>
> [ 44.640] Identifier "Builtin Default vesa Device 0"<br>
> [ 44.641] Driver "vesa"<br>
> [ 44.641] EndSection<br>
> [ 44.641] Section "Screen"<br>
> [ 44.641] Identifier "Builtin Default vesa Screen 0"<br>
> [ 44.641] Device "Builtin Default vesa Device 0"<br>
> [ 44.641] EndSection<br>
> [ 44.641] Section "Device"<br>
> [ 44.641] Identifier "Builtin Default fbdev Device 0"<br>
> [ 44.641] Driver "fbdev"<br>
> [ 44.641] EndSection<br>
> [ 44.641] Section "Screen"<br>
> [ 44.641] Identifier "Builtin Default fbdev Screen 0"<br>
> [ 44.641] Device "Builtin Default fbdev Device 0"<br>
> [ 44.641] EndSection<br>
> [ 44.641] Section "ServerLayout"<br>
> [ 44.641] Identifier "Builtin Default Layout"<br>
> [ 44.641] Screen "Builtin Default intel Screen 0"<br>
> [ 44.641] Screen "Builtin Default vesa Screen 0"<br>
> [ 44.641] Screen "Builtin Default fbdev Screen 0"<br>
> [ 44.641] EndSection<br>
[/code]<br>
<br>
Copy / paste the above section into a file and the strip off the "> [<br>
44.640] " or "> [ 44.641] " (as appropriate) that is at<br>
the beginning of each line. That will then be your basic template<br>
xorg.conf file. (Keep a pristine copy safe, somewhere else.) Hopefully<br>
other subscribers to this list will be able to suggest lines to add to<br>
or remove from your working copy. (/etc/X11/xord.conf.d/xorg.conf) It<br>
should be possible to get that basic display to work in graphical mode<br>
by that method. (I'm not the person able to assist you,<br>
unfortunately.)<br>
<br>
> I am not too familiar with the RFE process can you shed some light on this<br>
> or point me in the right direction?<br>
<br>
As for opening an RFE (request for enhancement), just go to the ELRepo<br>
bug tracker [1], open a ticket against the existing xorg-x11-drv-intel<br>
package and ask for it to be updated to the latest version. Etc. :)<br>
<br>
There's no magic involved. By making the request that way, you will<br>
ensure that it is seen by all the Admin staff and the current package<br>
maintainer.<br>
<br>
@ELRepo Project community members -- Please join in if you feel you<br>
can assist Earl with getting a working basic graphical interface with<br>
his system<br>
<br>
Alan.<br>
<br>
[1] <a href="http://elrepo.org/bugs/main_page.php" target="_blank">http://elrepo.org/bugs/main_page.php</a><br>
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