Bug#420610: starts with black screen on Intel 855GM
On Sun, Aug 05, 2007 at 01:01:17PM +0200, Brice Goglin wrote:
> Erik Schanze wrote:
> > reopen 420610
> > thanks
> >
> > Hi,
> >
> > I have tested xserver-xorg-video-intel at version 2:2.1.0-2
> > on chipset 855GM and have a black screen after starting gdm.
> > I able to login blindly, so X should work except the display
> > part.
> >
>
>
> Once you logged in X blindly as above, you should try:
> 1) take another machine and log on the first one through ssh
> 2) enter "DISPLAY=:0 xrandr" to see the available mode and currently
> used one (please send the output)
> 3) change to another mode with something like "DISPLAY=:0 xrandr
> --output LVDS --mode 800x600" (assuming you want to change to 800x600 on
> the LVDS, i.e. the internal panel of a laptop).
>
> If you don't have another machine for (1), maybe try from a VT console
> on the first machine directly, but not sure it works well.
Ping?
Brice
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