Problem with XFree and Internal LCD screen
Hi,
In my tribulations to get xfree86 to show some graphics, I got scared to
death thinking that I had zapped the LCD monitor.
You will find below my XF86Config-4 that I copied. The machine is an iBook
2001 (dual-usb)
Under xfree86 4.0.1 (woody), I reported earlier that I was getting a message
stating that the monitor couldn't be found. I started experimenting with the
XF86Config script and simply removed the 'Option "UseFBDev" "true"' from
the Device section. Then I entered startx and I didn't get this message
anymore. X started! So this particular option was causing the error message
I got under 4.0.1 all along.
But even if X started, things didn't work really, my LCD started to flicker
and the screen lighted up with weird patterns like if sand was flooding the
display from the bottom. I couldn't take it, having read horror stories
about monitors getting zapped with wrong params. So I hit the 3 finger
salute and rebooted.
Just after the reboot, the screen was still flickering even when booting
MacOS 9! I went under the monitor cp and changed a couple of time the
resolution, things got okay again after a while. Wow! I came close to call
1-800-MY-APPLE ;-)
Right now, I don't know how I can reboot in terminal mode only because I
know that if I restart with Linux, X will kick on again and do the same. I
don't want to take any risk.
Could someone please let me know the safest way to restart debian and log in
terminal mode without any init scripts trying to start XFree86?
I really appreciate your help.
Laurent
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Section "Device"
Identifier "Card 1"
Driver "r128"
VideoRam 8192
BusID "PCI:0:16:0"
Option "UseFBDev" "true" # I removed that line
EndSection
Section "Screen"
Identifier "Screen 1"
Device "Card 1"
Monitor "Monitor 1"
DefaultDepth 24
Subsection "Display"
Depth 8
Modes "1024x768"
ViewPort 0 0
EndSubsection
Subsection "Display"
Depth 15
Modes "1024x768"
ViewPort 0 0
EndSubsection
Subsection "Display"
Depth 16
Modes "1024x768"
ViewPort 0 0
EndSubsection
Subsection "Display"
Depth 24
Modes "1024x768"
ViewPort 0 0
EndSubsection
EndSection
Section "Monitor"
Identifier "Monitor 1"
HorizSync 48.359
VertRefresh 60
EndSection
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