Re: Etch: blank (black) screen, Xorg is running, modes are Ok
On Tue, 18 Jul 2006 12:32:10 -0300
Joao Carlos de Lima Roscoe <joao.roscoe@magnetimarelli.com.br> 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?
>
>
What sort of video card do you have? If it is nvidia or ati, for
example, you could try switching between the free and non-free drivers.
--
Liam
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