> To me, it is bright an flickering. > Never happens is X starts normal, an do occur if switched to console(fb) That's just the PLL data being misdetected, resulting in a flaky PLL setup. No powering down the panel output drivers here. To me, the LCD 'blooming' always was an indication of a crashed X driver. If console switching fixes it for you, the X driver evidently is still alive, so no harm possible. Michael