On Tue, 18 Jul 2006 12:32:10 -0300 Joao Carlos de Lima Roscoe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 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 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]