Fedora=blank screen; ubuntu/win=ok
Daniel B. Thurman
dant at cdkkt.com
Tue Sep 8 19:53:45 UTC 2009
On 09/08/09 12:52, stan wrote:
> On Mon, 07 Sep 2009 07:11:45 -0400
> NoSpaze <nospaze at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>
>> On Fri, 2009-09-04 at 15:15 -0700, stan wrote:
>>
>>> On Fri, 04 Sep 2009 12:36:53 -0400
>>> NoSpaze <nospaze at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Ubuntu and windows XP they run fine, please help! some ubuntu/win
>>>> fans in my office are roflalapmastc at us... hahaha :D Thanks in
>>>> advance. ---
>>>> [1]
>>>> - Laptop Compaq 610,
>>>> - chipset Mobile Intel 965 Express Chipset Family.
>>>> - lspci:
>>>> 00:02.1 Display controller: Intel Corporation Mobile GME965/GLE960
>>>> Integrated Graphics Controller (rev 0c)
>>>>
>>> Can you look at the ubuntu machine to see what driver it is using?
>>> Surely the same driver can be used in Fedora. It is probably an
>>> older driver and so more stable.
>>>
>> Good idea. How do I know which driver is in use? lsmod?
>>
> Yes, that will work. In your case, look for intel (there might be other
> intel drivers). Then search the packages with rpm to find the version
> of the driver. e.g. rpm -qa | grep -i intel | less
>
>
>>> Have you tried turning off modeset for the driver? i.e. nomodeset
>>> on the kernel line in grub.
>>>
>> No, thanks for the tip. Today I'll try it.
>>
> Someone else on the list mentioned using xdriver=vesa on the kernel
> line as well.
>
>
>>
>>> If you boot into run level 3, do you have regular console display?
>>>
>> No. After choosing the grub boot option, blankscreen.
>>
> The xdriver=vesa should help with this at least.
>
>
>>
>>> Maybe if you post your /etc/X11/xorg.conf someone will spot
>>> something. You can try generating a new one by running Xorg
>>> -configure as root from the command line.
>>>
>> This is generated by system-config-display. I'll try generating a new
>> one with Xorg -configure.
>>
> Didn't see anything that leapt out at me as being wrong. But I'm no
> expert.
>
>
Add: nomodeset to the kernel line
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