On Mon, May 31, 2010 at 09:52:37PM -0700, Larry Doolittle wrote: > I got an ATI 790GX motherboard (Biostar TA790GX XE) specifically > to check out the "fully documented" ATI chipset capabilities. > > Using either Debian Squeeze (xserver-xorg-video-radeon, built > from xf86-video-ati-6.12.6) or home-built binary built directly > from xf86-video-ati-6.13.0, screens go black when I start the X > server. I can still change back to a text console, at least if > I use the VGA port. Using the DVI port, it seems the monitor > gets confused and I need to cycle the computer and/or the monitor > to recover.
Do you have a second computer you could ssh in to the first to restart X from? I just hit this problem this morning on another computer, this time with an RV380. Pretty much exactly what you describe - black screen, no flicker, nothing fixed it. I was not able to switch to a text VT, but that hasn't worked on this box in a long time. I sshed in from a laptop and restarted X and that fixed it. This seems new with xserver-xorg-video-radeon 1:6.12.6-1. Haven't had a chance to try the fixes. Ross -- Ross Vandegrift [email protected] "If the fight gets hot, the songs get hotter. If the going gets tough, the songs get tougher." --Woody Guthrie
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