Thanks for all the suggestions. No luck with <shift><control>+ or <shift><control>-.
I also ran through the reconfiguration for X (dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xorg) but I just accepted all the defaults as they seemed reasonable and I didn't know any better. End result is probably that I'm still running same configuration. As requested by Otavio, I have attached the output of lspci -nn in the hope that this will help diagnosis. David Wilkins 02 9918 5801 0419 275 642 www.wine.com.au -----Original Message----- From: Otavio Salvador [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, 31 August 2007 1:35 AM To: David Wilkins Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Bug#440185: FW: new install won't boot completely reassign 440185 xserver-xorg retitle 440185 Black screen on X thanks "David Wilkins" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Further information: > > > The last thing that I can read in boot sequence is the load of the > Gnome Display Manager. Two or more things flash up but can't see what > they are. When press Off switch can see that 4 more items ran/started, > last of which was the scheduler - crond. Yes, that proves my guess. You're having trouble with X. When your screen gets black, please go to console 2 (Ctrl-Alt-F2) and log in. After that, get the output of: lspci -nn And send it to the bug report so we can identify your video adapter and its pci ids so we can try to work on that. Another nice thing to do is to try to install Lenny and check if it properly detects your video adapter. You can grab a mini installation CD at http://people.debian.org/~joeyh/d-i/images/daily/netboot/mini.iso or you can upgrade your system (new install is eaiser) using aptitude. Thanks in advance, -- O T A V I O S A L V A D O R --------------------------------------------- E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] UIN: 5906116 GNU/Linux User: 239058 GPG ID: 49A5F855 Home Page: http://otavio.ossystems.com.br --------------------------------------------- "Microsoft sells you Windows ... Linux gives you the whole house." No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.5.484 / Virus Database: 269.12.12/979 - Release Date: 29/08/2007 8:21 PM No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.5.484 / Virus Database: 269.13.2/983 - Release Date: 1/09/2007 4:20 PM
00:00.0 Host bridge [0600]: Intel Corporation 440BX/ZX/DX - 82443BX/ZX/DX Host bridge [8086:7190] (rev 03) 00:01.0 PCI bridge [0604]: Intel Corporation 440BX/ZX/DX - 82443BX/ZX/DX AGP bridge [8086:7191] (rev 03) 00:06.0 Ethernet controller [0200]: Intel Corporation 82557/8/9 [Ethernet Pro 100] [8086:1229] (rev 05) 00:07.0 ISA bridge [0601]: Intel Corporation 82371AB/EB/MB PIIX4 ISA [8086:7110] (rev 02) 00:07.1 IDE interface [0101]: Intel Corporation 82371AB/EB/MB PIIX4 IDE [8086:7111] (rev 01) 00:07.2 USB Controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation 82371AB/EB/MB PIIX4 USB [8086:7112] (rev 01) 00:07.3 Bridge [0680]: Intel Corporation 82371AB/EB/MB PIIX4 ACPI [8086:7113] (rev 02) 00:0e.0 Multimedia audio controller [0401]: Aureal Semiconductor Vortex 2 [12eb:0002] (rev fe) 00:0f.0 VGA compatible controller [0300]: S3 Inc. 86c968 [Vision 968 VRAM] rev 0 [5333:88f0] 00:10.0 Communication controller [0780]: 3Com Corp, Modem Division WinModem [12b9:1006] 01:00.0 VGA compatible controller [0300]: ATI Technologies Inc 3D Rage Pro AGP 1X/2X [1002:4742] (rev 5c)
