Bug#435280: #435280: black screen after X starts (Radeon Xpress 200M)
On Thu, Dec 25, 2008 at 4:11 PM, Moritz Muehlenhoff <jmm@inutil.org> wrote:
>> To reiterate, the problem is that with the bad combination of kernel
>> and X video driver, after X starts, I get a totally black screen and
>> an unresponsive keyboard. The computer is not altogether dead;
>> pressing the power button makes it shut down in an orderly manner.
>
> Does this error still occur with more recent kernel/X.org versions?
The computer in question is semi-retired and I don't have it with me
right now, so I don't know for sure. However, I would bet that the
answer is yes, but only if one forces the X.org video driver into a
non-default mode. You might want to read over the further
investigation that happened in bug 437321.
zw
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