--- In LINUX_Newbies@yahoogroups.com, "frnk.newman" wrote:
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> Hmmm - you were right on the money, Roy, with your thoughts about Mint 14. Unfortunately(!) Mint 14 runs fine without nomodeset. I say "unfortunately" because it leaves me with a dilemma about what to go for. I did try updating the kernel in Mint 13 to the latest version available in Synaptic as I presume that is where the drivers are and, although it did boot, the graphics were all broken up.
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> Is this something that will work its way out in future updates or am I stuck with the problem?
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> Frank
If you're talking about X Window then X has drivers that interact with the kernel drivers. Just how it is. Not all X Window drivers are compatible with all kernel drivers either. I learned more than I ever wanted to know about all of this back when I setup my i3 PC with Debian Lenny. I updated the kernel so I could get 3D acceleration then X Window wouldn't work because it couldn't communicate properly with the kernel driver. Theoretically it was supposed to be able to, but it just couldn't. When I upgraded to Squeeze with a newer version of X Window things worked.
Like X -showconfig says
Before reporting problems, check http://wiki.x.org
to make sure that you have the latest version.
They're not kidding!
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