[CentOS] Hosed by 4.2

[William Warren]

ATI hardware and linux typcially don't get along IME.  I am wondering if 
this is the key to your issue?


Syv Ritch wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I have been using Centos since 3.0. I have been upgrading regularly 
> without any major problem.
> 
> 4.1 to 4.2 has been a total disaster.
> 
> I ran yum update, it went through and a couple of hours later I rebooted 
> and X froze with the screen just being just fuzz [regular rectangles, 
> orange, green...] and the keyboard froze. Could not do a 
> alt-ctrl-backspace, nor a Alt-F1-6 nor Alt-Ctrl-Del.
> 
> I have a ATI9200 with a Samsung 710N [It only works at 1240x1024 @ 60Hz, 
> it will not work at any other frequency]
> 
> This is the same hardware as I was running with 4.1.
> 
> I had to reinstall 4.1, now I cannot run yum update to get the security 
> updates, it tries to upgrade to 4.2.
> 
> 1. Is there a way to just get the updates for 4.1 and not 4.2
> 2. Any suggestion on what went wrong with X. It's not just the frequency 
> display because the keyboard also froze.
> 
> Thanks
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