Re: Fedora=blank screen; ubuntu/win=ok

On 09/08/09 12:52, stan wrote:
On Mon, 07 Sep 2009 07:11:45 -0400
NoSpaze <nospaze@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:


On Fri, 2009-09-04 at 15:15 -0700, stan wrote:

On Fri, 04 Sep 2009 12:36:53 -0400
NoSpaze <nospaze@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

Ubuntu and windows XP they run fine, please help! some ubuntu/win
fans in my office are roflalapmastc at us... hahaha :D Thanks in
advance. ---
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- Laptop Compaq 610,
- chipset Mobile Intel 965 Express Chipset Family.
- lspci:
00:02.1 Display controller: Intel Corporation Mobile GME965/GLE960
Integrated Graphics Controller (rev 0c)

Can you look at the ubuntu machine to see what driver it is using?
Surely the same driver can be used in Fedora. It is probably an
older driver and so more stable.

Good idea. How do I know which driver is in use? lsmod?

Yes, that will work. In your case, look for intel (there might be other
intel drivers). Then search the packages with rpm to find the version
of the driver. e.g. rpm -qa | grep -i intel | less


Have you tried turning off modeset for the driver? i.e. nomodeset
on the kernel line in grub.

No, thanks for the tip. Today I'll try it.

Someone else on the list mentioned using xdriver=vesa on the kernel
line as well.



If you boot into run level 3, do you have regular console display?

No. After choosing the grub boot option, blankscreen.

The xdriver=vesa should help with this at least.



Maybe if you post your /etc/X11/xorg.conf someone will spot
something. You can try generating a new one by running Xorg
-configure as root from the command line.

This is generated by system-config-display. I'll try generating a new
one with Xorg -configure.

Didn't see anything that leapt out at me as being wrong. But I'm no
expert.


Add: nomodeset to the kernel line

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