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I recently bought a Fujitsu/Siemens Lifebook E8020 with an integrated graphics card (Intel GMA 900) and a plug'n play monitor with a 1400x1050 resolution.
I tried to install various distros (SUSE, Mandriva, Linspire), which worked fine. But when I restart my system after the installation I only get until the x-server should be started. Then the screen gets dark (Suse) or the system jumps back to the command line (Mandriva).
I fiddled around with sax and fxdrake but basically got nowhere. I also loaded the vesa-thing but it didn't help.
After I have done a little research I guess that I either have to change the xorg-configurations (perhaps) or that I should try to load a linux driver for the Intel integrated card (maybe).
Either way, I am stuck, because I don't know if one of these steps could solve my problem and how I should do it.
I am facing the same prob. I have Fujitsu/Siemens Lifebook E8020 with an integrated graphics card (Intel 915 GM) and a plug'n play monitor with a 1400x1050 resolution.
I ran the commands as suggested without any luck. Let me know what to look for in the log file. I am a newbie in the linux world.
I installed the preview of Suse 10 and the graphic stuff worked right out of the box. No additional configruation needed. Unfortunately, the wireless didn't work and so I switched to the preview of Unbuntu Breezy Badger and everyting runs without a glitch (graphics and wireless).
Cheers, Nasenpinsel
Last edited by nasenpinsel; 09-26-2005 at 01:35 PM.
Which means that your video drivers probably crashed and died a horrible death on your particular h/w (whereas the vanilla, least-common-denominator driver "fbdev" was able to work).
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