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

["Amarendra Godbole" <amarendra.godbole@gmail.com>]

On 2/20/06, Florian Kulzer <florian@molphys.leidenuniv.nl> wrote:
> 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).

Okay - Got the issue fixed. There was a clue in /var/log/XFree86.0.log
which read like this:

(II) I810(0): Broken BIOSes cause the system to hang here.
              If you encounter this problem please add
                 Option "DisplayInfo" "FALSE"
              to the Device section of your XF86Config file.

Doing what was mentioned above got my X running fine. No more green screen.

****
* Thanks all of you who helped me put my thoughts on track - I had
rather started
* out very stupidly, next time onwards I shall be more careful before
asking for
* help. Valuable lesson learnt: DO YOUR HOMEWORK! :-)
****

Thanks again!

Best,
Amarendra,
INDIA.