John Richard Smith wrote:
OK, so I left the setup on in
ctrl-alt f5 to root shell mode for 3 hours,
came backto a blank black screen,
hit enter and root shell returned.
this could also be mandrake blanking screen. i have all bios settings
to disable any timing and i get video blanking at cli.
somewhere, there is a setting for this. or, so i was told. i have
never looked for it because if i am setting before console that long
and not doing anything, i am asleep. :)
Now I actually have this monitor's double, exactly the same make
model etc on another computer,with M8.1, but with
1280x1024 , with 65thousand(16bits) on a riva vid card,and
it is ok. so, I'm going to drop the coulour resolution down
from 24 bits to 16 bits for a while and see whether it
helps,
you still need to drop res. i would suggest 640 x 480, or
whatever your lowest res is.
while it is on my mind, do you have any type of volt ohm meter?
will report back this evening.
i am showing 2030 gmt. a friend just called and wants me to help
him fix his water pipe that burst during a freeze last week. i
should be back by 0200 gmt.
peace out.
tc,hago.
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