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Re: [PLUG] Trouble Shoot Blank X Screen
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I think its ctrl-shift-f1 to go into console mode. That way you can
get all your updates etc.
--Nick Canzoneri
On Sat, Mar 6, 2010 at 18:46, Matt Berlin <arkestra@gmail.com> wrote:
> I had a similar problem at one point. I think live CDs come with grafix
> drivers that the main builds done come with (legal probs). I don't know
> what card your dell has, and god help you if it's a laptop.
>
> - Matt
> http://circusdei.org
>
> On Sat, Mar 6, 2010 at 6:41 PM, Casey Bralla <MailList@nerdworld.org> wrote:
>>
>> I'm trying to set up an old Dell to use Gentoo, and am having trouble
>> getting
>> X to work. I get a completely blank screen, although X is running fine
>> and I
>> can ssh into the box without any difficulty. (In other words, I think X
>> is
>> running properly... except for the blank screen.) Killing the X program
>> restores the normal text screen.
>>
>> Since X never errors out, the X logs show nothing weird.
>>
>>
>> I have an old nVidia card in the computer, but have tried using the "nv",
>> VESA, and fbdev devices with the same effect.
>>
>>
>> I even tried loading the Gentoo live CD, which works fine. I copied the
>> xorg.conf file from the running live CD, but it produces the same
>> condition.
>>
>>
>> I'm wondering if I'm missing some module from the kernel (I did a manual
>> compile).
>>
>>
>> Anybody have any suggestions of what I might try or where I might look?
>> TIA!
>>
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>
> --
> Matt Berlin
> 484-832-1055
> http://circusdei.org
>
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