[lug] bad refresh going back to text mode from X on laptop.

[Brian Jarrett]

I'll have to try downloading Knoppix tonight.  Why would that tell me anything though?  I've gone throught the autodetect of Mandrake and KRUD, wouldn't it come to the same conclusions?  The hardware seems to detect fine.  (Although on Mandrake I'm using a default 1400x1050 monitor.)

Brian

> -----Original Message-----
> From: D. Frye [mailto:dafr at peakpeak.com]
> Sent: Tuesday, November 25, 2003 10:53 AM
> To: lug at lug.boulder.co.us
> Subject: Re: [lug] bad refresh going back to text mode from X 
> on laptop.
> 
> 
> On Tue, Nov 25, 2003 at 10:20:29AM -0700, Brian Jarrett wrote:
> } Hello,
> } 
> } I have a problem after shutting down X on my laptop.  The 
> text mode refresh rate must get reset to something bad so I 
> can't read anything in text mode.  I just have to 
> CTRL-ALT-DEL and wait for it to reboot.  I have my laptop 
> startup in runlevel 3, so I know it's capable.
> } 
> } I've got a MicroPro laptop made by UniWill (almost 
> identical to the N351S4) that has an NVidia GeForce 440 64Mb 
> video card.  The display is capable of 1400x1050 (this is 
> what I have X running).  Right now I have Mandrake 9.2 on it, 
> but I've also had Gentoo 1.4 and Krud 9 installed, and 
> nothing has worked.
> } 
> } Is this a display driver problem, or is there something 
> else I can set to prevent this?  I've seen some discussions 
> on using fbset, but I get ioctrl errors and I've also seen 
> some mention of SVGATextMode.
> } 
> } Can anyone point me in the proper direction?
> } 
> } Thanks,
> } Brian
> 
> 
> Have you considered booting Knoppix and then running an init 3 to see
> what happens? Would be a test that might eliminate / point 
> you hardware.
> Sounds like a driver issue, but I don't know a lot about the 
> newer video
> cards either.
> 
> David
> 
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