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03-13-2009, 01:46 PM
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Registered: Jan 2003
Location: Durham UK
Distribution: openSUSE/Debian/ubuntu
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I'm having another go at my X11 xorg.conf file to see if I can improve the quad display setup and also solve the problem.
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03-16-2009, 07:45 AM
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I am beginning to think that this is something to do with the 780a chipset not being a favourite of Linux. I tried the newest beta driver and a different xorg.config file and it suffers the same problem.
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03-16-2009, 11:46 AM
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LQ Newbie
Registered: Aug 2007
Distribution: Slackware from 94-09, Debian Since March 09
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Originally Posted by sniff
I'm having another go at my X11 xorg.conf file to see if I can improve the quad display setup and also solve the problem.
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FYI, the xorg.conf file has no direct impact on the use of the console framebuffer that I am aware of. If anyone knows differently, please correct me...
I think that if you reconfigure your system to use a text-only console, you will be able to see your TTY1 console once again. |
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03-16-2009, 11:55 AM
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Registered: May 2003
Location: London, UK
Distribution: Fedora40
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It's a long shot, but please try booting your kernel with
vga=normal
appended to the kernel boot line.
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03-16-2009, 12:14 PM
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Registered: Aug 2007
Distribution: Slackware from 94-09, Debian Since March 09
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Originally Posted by tredegar
It's a long shot, but please try booting your kernel with
vga=normal
appended to the kernel boot line.
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Yep, that's the same suggestion I made a few posts ago, when I suggested he look here. I don't think he's tried this yet... |
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03-16-2009, 03:08 PM
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Originally Posted by Linuxchuck
Yep, that's the same suggestion I made a few posts ago, when I suggested he look here. I don't think he's tried this yet... |
That didn't work, same problem. I thought I had said that already, sorry. |
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