Re: No Video

["Karl E. Jorgensen" <karl@jorgensen.org.uk>]

On Wed, Nov 27, 2013 at 02:35:57PM -0500, erosenberg@hygeiabiomedical.com wrote:
> Dear List  -
> 
> I was having problems with the video on my Linux box; ie no video, only
> terminal after an update.  I am running jessy/sid 32 bit.  The question was
> whether the hard drive and/or the Intel video chip on the board were bad.  A
> disk test showed no errors,  and a clean boot from a live CD showed that the
> video chip was good.

What makes you think the hard drive is bad?

If you only get text mode, then it sounds more like your X server is
having a problem.

And since it happened as a result of an update, I'd suspect the
software, rather than the hardware. A dive into the X logs might help here..

-- 
Karl E. Jorgensen