Re: ATI Radeon 9800 Pro blacks out, unrecoverable
On Die, 2012-03-13 at 10:38 -0800, K.Reitz wrote:
>
> I am new to Debian and have installed Debian 6 net install on my Apple
> Gigabit G4 PPC. I have a serious problem with the video. I am using
> the ATI Radeon 9800 Pro 256M Mac Edition AGP card which has the R300
> processor (brand new card). The video looks pretty good once I learned
> I must use the non-free repository for the video drivers. However I
> have this problem of the video spontaneously blanking out and will not
> return. When the video blanks out the screen is totally black and the
> monitor informs me that it is not connected. I have looked into the
> logs but I find nothing of value.
What are the other symptoms when the screen blacks out? E.g. does the
machine remain responsive via ssh, or at least responds to ping?
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