Etch: blank (black) screen, Xorg is running, modes are Ok
Dear Srs,
I've got a new plain install of etch which is running ok, with Xorg/kdm/kde.
The modes are ok: I have only four resolutions (1280x1024, 1024x768,
800x600 and 640x480) and I can see all of them right after a boot, by
cycling the modes with ctrl-alt-plus and ctrl-alt-minus.
However, if Xorg is restarted for any reason (ctrl-alt-backspace,
logoff, telinit 1 followed by ctrl-D, /etc/init.d/kdm stop followed by
/etc/init.d/kdm start, etc.) it *does* run (no errors in the console),
shows in "#ps -eal <return>" output and I can even (blindly) login
successfully, but the screen remains black.
Also (this is interesting), the same happens if I switch to a console
and then back to X (ctrl-alt-F1 folowed by ctrl-alt-F7).
In every case, the system still reacts to ctrl-alt-plus, ctrl-alt-minus
and ctrl-alt-backspace (I can hear my TRC display switching scan modes),
but there is no image at all - well, there is a very subtle, almost
completely dark, glow in the screen, seeming to be the correct desktop
scan size, but nothing identifiable.
As far as I could test, the only way to restore proper operation is
reboot (sigh!).
Any hints?
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