> >Date: Sun, 14 Oct 2007 21:11:56 +0530 > From: "Sridhar M.A." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >It is quite common with the above graphics card. It is a big >headache >to work with that card and no guarantees that everything (3d) >will >work across all kernels. > >To get back your screen, try hitting Ctrl-Alt-F7 and Ctrl-Alt-F1 >one >after the other. I used to get my screen after 15 times :-( Many >a >time, hard reset is the only way out. > >Regards, > >-- >Sridhar M.A. > Well! There is hope left still in this world!! After reading your email I went digging on the internet and landed up at the ati site. They have posted a driver-cum-control panel for various ati cards including the one I have. The program installs an fglrx driver and an ATI Catalyst Control Center (a gui which gives various options for controlling display modes, 3d, colour etc.). The installer is: ati-driver-installer-8.40.4-x86.x86_64.run and you can download it from: http://ati.amd.com/support/driver.html The site lists the concerned driver's date as August 2007, so it is a pretty recent version. Also one of the FAQs explicitly mentions thatthe "blacking" out problem when switching from desktop to console is tackled by the driver. Hope the above helps someone in a similar predicament. Thanks for all the help Regards Pramathesh The point is that the problem reported by me seems solved because I am now zipping painlessly between console and desktop and back. ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: Splunk Inc. Still grepping through log files to find problems? Stop. Now Search log events and configuration files using AJAX and a browser. Download your FREE copy of Splunk now >> http://get.splunk.com/ _______________________________________________ linux-india-help mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/linux-india-help
