Re: X windows hang (green screen) when upgraded from A03 to A08 BIOS on Dell Latitude D400.

[Florian Kulzer <florian@molphys.leidenuniv.nl>]

Amarendra Godbole wrote:
> On 2/19/06, Andrei Popescu <andreimp@rdslink.ro> wrote:
>
> > > I upgraded from A03 to A08 BIOS for Dell Latitude D400, which runs
> > > Debian sarge. Now, when it boots, I get a complete green screen. This
> > > seems to be caused because of the BIOS upgrade, as with A03 things
> > > were fine.
> >
> > Do you get it in console or X? Do you have framebuffer enabled? What kernel are you using?
>
>
> I got it in X. The machine boots into KDE by default. I am not sure of
> framebuffer, but I think I *do* have it enabled. I am using stock
> 2.6.8-2-386 kernel.
>
> I tried searching Google for the way to check framebuffer, or to
> disable it - but it has left me confused. I am using XFree86 for
> display.
>
> How do I check for the framebuffer, or a way to disable it? Thanks!

If you can still switch to a terminal after X/KDE fails to start (CTRL +
ALT + F1), or if you can log in to the laptop remotely, then you should
run the following command:

egrep "\((EE|WW)\)" /var/log/XFree86.0.log

This will show all errors and warnings of XFree86. If you post the
output here, someone will probably be able to help you further. Also
post your configuration file /etc/X11/XF86Config-4 (this will tell us
what video driver you are using).

Regards,
             Florian