# from Rich Shepard
# on Tuesday 06 July 2010 07:39:
> I installed Slackware-13.1 on my new laptop yesterday, but the
> screen is totally blank and unresponsive after the system boots.
No response via the network either?
Maybe not the case here, but I had a system which would stop at a blank
On Tue, 6 Jul 2010, m0gely wrote:
> Hook up an external monitor. Also, try the function key + display key
> (fn+f8 on my Dell) to see if anything changes. I had this problem on my
> old HP laptop.
I gave away my old 15" CRT, but I'll find a way to check it.
Thanks,
Rich
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Rich Shepard wrote:
> I installed Slackware-13.1 on my new laptop yesterday, but the screen is
> totally blank and unresponsive after the system boots. I vaguely recall this
> happening years ago, but have no recollection of the fix.
>
> Does this have something to do with the frame buffer
Rich Shepard wrote:
>I installed Slackware-13.1 on my new laptop yesterday, but the screen is
> totally blank and unresponsive after the system boots. I vaguely recall this
> happening years ago, but have no recollection of the fix.
>
>Does this have something to do with the frame buffer an
On Tue, 6 Jul 2010, wes wrote:
> so this black screen shows up even with no X window system trying to start
> up?
That's correct, Wes.
> Try CTRL-ALT-F1
Hmmm. OK. Later. I don't believe it comes up in X by default. With
Slackware one needs to manually invoke kdm/gdm in one of the init fil
On Tue, Jul 6, 2010 at 11:54 AM, Rich Shepard wrote:
> On Tue, 6 Jul 2010, r...@dimstar.net wrote:
>
> > Add a 3 to the boot command in grub or lilo to boot to text mode. Then
> you
> > can make adjustments to you X config.
>
>Default is to boot to a console. All my systems boot into run level
On Tue, 6 Jul 2010, r...@dimstar.net wrote:
> Add a 3 to the boot command in grub or lilo to boot to text mode. Then you
> can make adjustments to you X config.
Default is to boot to a console. All my systems boot into run level 3.
> Alternatively, you could try to get to text mode by pressin
Add a 3 to the boot command in grub or lilo to boot to text mode. Then you can
make adjustments to you X config.
Alternatively, you could try to get to text mode by pressing ALT-f(1-6) to go
to those consoles.
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I installed Slackware-13.1 on my new laptop yesterday, but the screen is
totally blank and unresponsive after the system boots. I vaguely recall this
happening years ago, but have no recollection of the fix.
Does this have something to do with the frame buffer and the default
1024x768x256 re
