Jon Since I have net access now, I can see all xorg logs.
> Well, this is quite odd. Note that later Ubuntu > versions start the > graphics screen quite early > to get their "splash screen" up. If X can't properly > control the > screen, no surprise the Ubuntu > splash screen doesn't work, either. I'm pretty sure > there is a grub > option at boot time that > just disables the graphics entirely. I -believe- I did try them all: No success (see here http://article.gmane.org/gmane.linux.distributions.emc.user/17610 ) > That would at > least get the > machine booted and the > keyboard-screen system working. You can then try > stuff a lot more > easily with the startx > command, and possibly needing to do ctrl-alt-backspace to > crash it. If > X is running normally > but you just can't see the display, then ctrl-alt-F1 should > drop into a > TTY screen with > basic VGA-only access, without killing X. But, I'm > wondering if this is > actually a MONITOR > problem. X reads the screen's capabilities through > the DDC pins, but > some monitors > produce info that confuses some drivers, or just the timing > of the > interchange causes one > or the other to malfunction. With an older nVidia > driver, it would > scramble my ViewSonic > LCD screen, and I had to pull the plug and power it back on > > (powering-off by the panel button > did not work) to get a usable screen. Later drivers > have fixed this. > So, I would try the > problem system with some other monitors to see if that > sheds any light. the board has an lvds connector and an external vga. I'll try that, did not think of it so far, strange, since I used to 'repair' some compaq desktops by massageing the chips on the mobo manually with success :-). mean while I could find out the board ID: it is a JUKI-3711P. I will also get behind the manuaul and see if the lvds is connected correctly. I should also be able to get a windows install either tomorrow or next week that runs on the same hardware. I'll be back greets chris __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Sie sind Spam leid? Yahoo! Mail verfügt über einen herausragenden Schutz gegen Massenmails. http://mail.yahoo.com ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Let Crystal Reports handle the reporting - Free Crystal Reports 2008 30-Day trial. Simplify your report design, integration and deployment - and focus on what you do best, core application coding. Discover what's new with Crystal Reports now. http://p.sf.net/sfu/bobj-july _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
