Re: powerbook wakeup/boot display issue

2007-01-17 Thread Michel Dänzer
On Wed, 2007-01-17 at 11:20 +0900, Joseph Sanger wrote: Forgive me if this has been covered before, there were some messages in the archive which I couldn't seem to open. I am new to Linux and have installed Debian Testing on a dual boot with OSX. I have a powerbook5,8 (one of the last

Re: powerbook wakeup/boot display issue

2007-01-17 Thread Johannes Berg
Hi, The powerbook sleeps fine I think, but probably about 50% of the time, on wake-up, the display freezes with a black screen and then slowly begins to bleach white and purple from the top. Obviously I shut down immediately as this looks dangerous. I've been told that this is completely

Re: powerbook wakeup/boot display issue

2007-01-17 Thread Joseph Sanger
Hi there, Thanks Johannes and Michel for your replies. I haven't tried switching VTs yet, I'll try when the problem recurrs. FYI. it was this forum that got me worried, its about half way down the page: http://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic-t-473838.html What do you think? BTW I forgot to

Re: powerbook wakeup/boot display issue

2007-01-17 Thread Johannes Berg
On Wed, 2007-01-17 at 22:49 +0900, Joseph Sanger wrote: http://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic-t-473838.html What do you think? I don't think that makes sense. The higher the applied voltage is, the more twisted the crystals become and the pixel is black. So how can a white display have any

Re: powerbook wakeup/boot display issue

2007-01-17 Thread Michel Dänzer
On Wed, 2007-01-17 at 22:49 +0900, Joseph Sanger wrote: FYI. it was this forum that got me worried, its about half way down the page: http://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic-t-473838.html What do you think? You mean the allegation that the radeon driver killed the GPU of a 'TiBook DVI'

Re: powerbook wakeup/boot display issue

2007-01-17 Thread Børge Holen
I've seen this issue quite often.. My PB5,7 do have the same symptoms... The whole thing corrects itself by changing back and forth from console(running radeonfb) and X, this is often corrected by making the switch once, however... twice and more is know to be needed at times of need ;) If

powerbook wakeup/boot display issue

2007-01-16 Thread Joseph Sanger
Hi there, Forgive me if this has been covered before, there were some messages in the archive which I couldn't seem to open. I am new to Linux and have installed Debian Testing on a dual boot with OSX. I have a powerbook5,8 (one of the last ones, with the high-res screen). The powerbook