* Mark <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [20060828 11:05]: > Testing grml2hd again would be too much work and > the problem was reproducible with a live CD test > anyway. I used "grml-x fluxbox" as the command.
That's fine. > Just before Fluxbox starts, I observed the blackout > in the terminal screen. Fluxbox itself seemed to > have no problems. When I quit Fluxbox and X, the > terminal showed the same problem, all the way through > system shutdown. Basically the screen was wrecked. Ok. > There is more. Grml did something to the actual > CRT monitor adjustment firmware. > My testing desk has two PCs with identical video cards > on a dumb KVM switch. After switching over to the > Windows machine, I noticed the Windows screen was > wrecked by the grml test. It appears that grml panned > the screen firmware out of bounds. I had to power off > to restore normalcy. Rebooting showed normal behavior. > The Windows machine normally runs at very high quality > video settings with nVidia driver, 1152x864 32-bit 75 Hz. > The monitor is extremely capable if old. So it is not > a problem with the monitor. > For the live CD grml test I just used your stock CD, > nothing else. So the nv driver is used, right? Do you get the same strange behaviour when running: grml-x -module vesa fluxbox ? regards, -mika- -- http://grml.org/ # Linux for texttool-users and sysadmins http://wiki.grml.org/ # share your knowledge http://grml.supersized.org/ # the grml development weblog #grml @ irc.freenode.org # meet us on irc
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