--- In [email protected], "frnk.newman" wrote:
>
> 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.
>
> Is this something that will work its way out in future updates or am I stuck
> with the problem?
>
> 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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