Re: Etch: blank (black) screen, Xorg is running, modes are Ok
On Tue, Jul 18, 2006 at 12:32:10 -0300, Joao Carlos de Lima Roscoe wrote:
> 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?
We need to know which graphics card you are using and which driver.
Post the output of the following two commands:
lspci | egrep -i 'vga|display|graphic'
awk '/Section "Device"/,/EndSection/' /etc/X11/xorg.conf
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Regards,
Florian
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