** Description changed: - 8.04 release candidate on a Sharp MM20 laptop (ATI Radeon Mobility - graphics chipset) will partially boot, but as X starts, the screen goes - blank (no display, no backlight). Cannot CTRL-ALT-F1 or CTRL-ALT-ESC... - no effect. + 8.04 on a Sharp MM20 laptop (ATI Radeon Mobility graphics chipset) will + partially boot, but as X starts, the screen goes blank (no display, no + backlight). Cannot CTRL-ALT-F1 or CTRL-ALT-ESC... no effect. - Plugging in an external monitor will allow the laptop to boot normally. - Seems to be an Xorg bug in the detection of the screen/graphics for - this system. + If X is invoked from command prompt (using startx), system completely + hangs. + + Plugging in an external monitor will allow the laptop to boot normally + (with display mirrored on both screens) but this is not a viable option + for a portable system. + + Xorg bug in the detection of the screen/graphics for this system?
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