-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On Monday, February 11 2002 08:33 pm, Mark K. Kim wrote: > Interesting. I recommend: > > 1. Try turning off the monitor with Fn+F5 and restarting it *after* > the screen goes weird.
My laptop doesnt work like this > 2. Upgrade X. I probaly will > 3. Don't switch to tty in the first place. > If you go with option #3, you may want to keep yourself from switching > accidentally by modifying /etc/inittab -- modify all lines that say: > > <N>:2345:respawn:/sbin/mingetty tty<N> > > to: > > <N>:234:respawn:/sbin/mingetty tty<N> > > (remove the "5"). This works only if you run runlevel 5 (ie - the laptop > goes into X automatically at boot, and you don't have to type `startx` > to go into it.) kdm is already spawned at boot, and I often switch ttys to look at syslogs > -Mark > > On Mon, 11 Feb 2002, Peter Jay Salzman wrote: > > ryan, > > > > i'm not extremely familiar with this chipset, but i was under the > > impression that official patches to the xfree86 cvs were *just* added > > a few weeks ago. > > > > a quick search on deja yielded something similar to your problem: > > > > The only problem is, that if I switch to graphic-mode, I have to turn > > off the monitor (Fn+F5). If X is started, I can switch on the Monitor > > again. If I want to get back to the text modus, its the same again > > > > does that help? > > > > if you're not using 4.2.*, you may want to try upgrading (not familiar > > with mandrake either, sorry). > > > > pete > > > > > > begin Ryan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > > > Hash: SHA1 > > > > > > > what chipset? which laptop? > > > > > > Compaq Armada V300, ATI Rage Mobile (Don't know exactly, if you tell me > > > how to look it up I will) > > > > > > > are you using a frame buffer console? if so, try using a real > > > > console. maybe the chipset is breaking under a change of graphics > > > > context. > > > > > > I don't think so, I'm not sure, It's whatever mandrake 8.0 is using by > > > default, again, i'm not sure how to find out. > > > > > > > pete > > > > > > > > > > > > begin Ryan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > > > > > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > > > > > Hash: SHA1 > > > > > > > > > > My video card keeps breaking and getting me stuck in graphical mode > > > > > at random when switching back to X from a tty, forcing me to > > > > > reboot. Any idea how to prevent this? This is my laptop, so i'm > > > > > stuck with the video card I have. - -- > > > > -- > > Enron..safe legal abortion..civil liberty..repealing ICBM > > treaty..deficit.. What's worse? Screwing an intern or screwing an entire > > country? > > > > PGP Fingerprint: B9F1 6CF3 47C4 7CD8 D33E 70A9 A3B9 1945 67EA 951D > > _______________________________________________ > > vox-tech mailing list > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > http://lists.lugod.org/mailman/listinfo/vox-tech - -- No Microsoft products were used in any way for the creation of this message. PGP Public key at http://mother.com/~ryan/ryan_at_mother_dot_com.asc It is also on the servers: Key ID 0x72177BC7 -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.0.6 (GNU/Linux) Comment: For info see http://www.gnupg.org iD8DBQE8aJwyEd9E83IXe8cRAsrxAJsFcSpkyy+7veXNnn/89mZqjTi+PACgmPiW /DMUARq/aBiOwoC/FitYD8g= =vFGR -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- _______________________________________________ vox-tech mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.lugod.org/mailman/listinfo/vox-tech
