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Old 10-02-2008, 02:47 AM   #1
lindylex
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Blank Screen Help


I have a MSI bare bones laptop and I am trying to put Debian Etch on it. It has been an up stream battle.

http://www.msicomputer.com/NB/produc...el=MS-1722-ID1

MS-1722 ID1 (GX720)
MSI Part No: 937-172226-010 (WSXGA+ Glare) ; 937-172226-003 (WUXGA Non-Glare)

Graphics & Video Module NVIDIAŽ Geforce 9600M-GT 512MB

I am trying to figure out what might be the problem when I run
Code:
startx
I get a blank screen. I think it might be the vertical and horizontal screen refresh rate but I am unsure. The laptop has no documentation that might provide me with this information. I would like to know how can I figure this out? Is there a package I can run in the terminal to figure this out or can I run something on windows that will show me the vertical and horizontal ranges? This might not even be the problem.

Here is a link to my www.mo-de.net/d/Xorg.0.log.
www.mo-de.net/d/lspci.txt.
www.mo-de.net/d/xorg.conf.

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Old 10-02-2008, 05:26 AM   #2
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[SOLVED SOLUTION]

Just install the NVidia drivers from here http://www.nvidia.com/Download/index.aspx?lang=en-us And now the resolution is fine.
 
  


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