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Debian 4, and Thinkpad T22 video problem
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| Kevin C. Redden 2007-04-12, 7:17 pm |
| Hi folks:
Reciently I downloaded and burned a CD from the debian 4 r0 KDE ISO. It
installed fine, but I found an odd bug. If you do a complete cold boot
(power off) and boot into debian, the video won't come on.
I at first thought it was the KDM so I took it out, and even when I type
in 'startx' it still has the same problem. I know KDE's starting, for the
start music plays. Even a ctrl-alt-backspace doesn't correct this. I have
to power the laptop off, to get out of it.
Now what's really funny is this: If I coldboot into Windows 2k, then
reboot (warm reboot) from Windows, it works fine.
I suspect it's something to do with the way Windows works with the
laptop. If I do a 'su', then 'shutdown now -r' (for a warm reboot) in
Debian, I still get the same thing above. But do the same with Windows,
it works.
My laptop is a T22, 384 megs memory, and Savage video card.
Any ideas?
--
Kevin C. Redden
kredden@maysvilleky.net
kevincredden@kevinredden.name
www.kevinredden.name
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| Mark Shelby 2007-04-13, 1:14 am |
| I had the same problem on a T20 Thinkpad and found this solution online: Go
into /etc/X11 and edit your xorg.conf file (#nano xorg.conf)
Go down to the "Monitor" section and change the refresh rates:
HorizSync 31.5-48.5
VertRefresh 50-70
Then under the "Screen" section:
DefaultDepth 24
That worked perfect for me!
Kevin C. Redden wrote:
> Hi folks:
>
> Reciently I downloaded and burned a CD from the debian 4 r0 KDE ISO. It
> installed fine, but I found an odd bug. If you do a complete cold boot
> (power off) and boot into debian, the video won't come on.
>
> I at first thought it was the KDM so I took it out, and even when I type
> in 'startx' it still has the same problem. I know KDE's starting, for the
> start music plays. Even a ctrl-alt-backspace doesn't correct this. I have
> to power the laptop off, to get out of it.
>
> Now what's really funny is this: If I coldboot into Windows 2k, then
> reboot (warm reboot) from Windows, it works fine.
>
> I suspect it's something to do with the way Windows works with the
> laptop. If I do a 'su', then 'shutdown now -r' (for a warm reboot) in
> Debian, I still get the same thing above. But do the same with Windows,
> it works.
>
> My laptop is a T22, 384 megs memory, and Savage video card.
>
> Any ideas?
>
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| Kevin C. Redden 2007-04-13, 7:14 pm |
| Ok, will try that tonite. Thanks for the advice! That Savage card, has
always been a royal pain in the rump for linux, AND windows. I'll stick
with nVidia if I can 
- Kc
Mark Shelby <mshelby1@windstream.net> wrote in
news:1e52b$461f00aa$438d1dd5$28434@ALLTE
L.NET:
> I had the same problem on a T20 Thinkpad and found this solution
> online: Go into /etc/X11 and edit your xorg.conf file (#nano
> xorg.conf)
>
> Go down to the "Monitor" section and change the refresh rates:
> HorizSync 31.5-48.5
> VertRefresh 50-70
>
> Then under the "Screen" section:
> DefaultDepth 24
>
> That worked perfect for me!
>
>
> Kevin C. Redden wrote:
>
>
--
Kevin C. Redden
kredden@maysvilleky.net
kevincredden@kevinredden.name
www.kevinredden.name
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