blackened screen 2

[Richard Vickery]

On Mon, Sep 9, 2013 at 11:44 AM, Richard Vickery
<richard.vickeryrv at gmail.com> wrote:
> On Mon, Sep 9, 2013 at 11:39 AM, Kevin Martin <ktmdms at gmail.com> wrote:
>> On 09/09/13 13:31, Richard Vickery wrote:
>>> Hi gang:
>>>
>>> I'm on F20. The only way I get a screen that anyone can see is not by
>>> using the portable computer's screen, but plugging it into another
>>> screen. I tried going into the "Power" control but it's already on
>>> maximum brightness. Any Ideas on how else I might try to fix it?
>>>
>>> Thanks,
>>>
>>> Richard
>>>
>>
>> Y'know, I just had this problem with an HP laptop and had to replace the screen.  I could *barely* see that the screen had something
>> on it if I shined a flashlight on it at different angles.  It turned out to be a bad screen.  FWIW, this was with Knoppix but the
>> screen was definitely bad.  Screens on laptops are fairly easy to replace, FWIW.  Lots of videos on how to do it and the screens
>> tend to be < $100.
>>
>> Otherwise, I couldn't tell you what might be happening.
>>
>> Good luck.
>>
>> Kevin
>> --
>
>
> sounds similar to what's happening to me. I'll give it a try.
>
> Thanks

A friend from SFU suggested that it might be an x11 config problem
because everytime I boot up I clearly see the BIOS information.