Is it DOA if even the bios screens don't display? It is a pcie2.0 and it is a 2.0 motherboard. On Thu, Nov 23, 2017 at 8:45 PM Luke Small <[email protected]> wrote:
> I have a Dell 23 Inch wide screen that the local computer shop had in had > in supply. Dell E2310H it goes up to 1920x1080 > On Thu, Nov 23, 2017 at 6:15 AM Mark Kettenis <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> > From: Luke Small <[email protected]> >> > Date: Thu, 23 Nov 2017 11:40:22 +0000 >> > >> > It doesn't show anything ever and without seeing the screen, I entered >> > startkde4 with the normal user, per usual and it didn't show anything >> even >> > with a different xorg.conf >> >> Your dmesg shows: >> >> radeondrm0: 1024x768, 32bpp >> >> Unless your monitor really has 1024x768 as its resolution (or was >> disconnected) this probably means that your monitor is not detected >> properly. The inteldrm(4) upgrade broke this on some specific >> hardware combinations. Unfortinately I don't have the hardware to >> reproduce this and fix it. >> >> > On Thu, Nov 23, 2017 at 1:06 AM Matthieu Herrb <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> > >> > > On Thu, Nov 23, 2017 at 06:22:17AM +0000, Luke Small wrote: >> > > > It fails to show anything other than a faint snow on the screen. Do >> you >> > > > expect that it will work on a DVI? >> > > >> > > Hi, >> > > >> > > Is that in console mode, once the kernel switches to KMS graphics, or >> > > only once you launch the X server ? >> > > >> > > In the latter case you can probably force it to use the 'modesetting' >> > > driver instead of the 'ati' one by creating a /etc/X11/xorg.conf file >> > > containing just : >> > > >> > > Section "Device" >> > > Identifier "Modesetting" >> > > Driver "modesetting" >> > > EndSection >> > > >> > > see the modesetting(4) manual page for some options that may help >> > > (SWcursor, AccelMethod) >> > > >> > > -- >> > > Matthieu Herrb >> > > >> > >> >
