Hello Everyone;
I have a problem running Debian on a Acer TravelMate 260 laptop:
The system boots up and I can login in the command prompt and change to different screens (ctrl-alt-f1 to f7). But, Once I startx I CANNOT change screens. I know I can "kill" X by pressing ctrl-alt-backspace but when I do this the monitor just goes black and I cannot do anything else. The only choice I have here is to ctrl alt del and restart the system.
I've done some searches in google but no help.
I am running: kernel 2.6.15 on a Acer TravelMate 260 Laptop; 1Ghz over 200 Meg of ram Debian 3.0
Thanks in advance for your help.
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Linux Rocks wrote:
The system boots up and I can login in the command prompt and change to different screens (ctrl-alt-f1 to f7). But, Once I startx I CANNOT change screens. I know I can "kill" X by pressing ctrl-alt-backspace but when I do this the monitor just goes black and I cannot do anything else. The only choice I have here is to ctrl alt del and restart the system.
Till I was using different distros of kernel 2.4.X, I had no problems but later distros running on 2.6.X kernels have this problem. This is some compatibility problem, atleast in my pc hardware.
Regards,
Rony.
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Till I was using different distros of kernel 2.4.X, I had no problems but later distros running on 2.6.X kernels have this problem. This is some compatibility problem, atleast in my pc hardware.
I was running my laptop with a fresh debian install and 2.2 kernel and it was doing the same thing. I will try to compile a 2.4.x kernel and give that a try.
Thanks.
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On Monday 16 January 2006 18:40, Linux Rocks wrote:
I was running my laptop with a fresh debian install and 2.2 kernel and it was doing the same thing. I will try to compile a 2.4.x kernel and give that a try.
am I reading this correctly? Did you just write 2.2 kernel? Did you mean 2.6.x kernel?
If I am right debian 3.0 comes with 2.4.x kernel. I have debian 3.0r1 which has 2.4.31 kernel. Also, included in it is 2.6.13 kernel in testing.
On 1/17/06, Dinesh Joshi dinesh.a.joshi@gmail.com wrote:
On Monday 16 January 2006 18:40, Linux Rocks wrote:
I was running my laptop with a fresh debian install and 2.2 kernel and it was doing the same thing. I will try to compile a 2.4.x kernel and give that a try.
am I reading this correctly? Did you just write 2.2 kernel? Did you mean 2.6.x kernel?
-- Dinesh A. Joshi
am I reading this correctly? Did you just write 2.2 kernel? Did you mean 2.6.x kernel?
Yes. That's correct: kernel 2.2 but I've compiled a 2.4.31 and 2.6.15 kernels but I still have the same problem.
I read that Xfree86 somehow disables screen switching. I don't know if that's correct. Someone else recommended running X.org. I'll probably do that.
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On 1/15/06, Linux Rocks linux_rocks1@yahoo.com wrote:
Hello Everyone;
I have a problem running Debian on a Acer TravelMate 260 laptop:
The system boots up and I can login in the command prompt and change to different screens (ctrl-alt-f1 to f7). But, Once I startx I CANNOT change screens. I know I can "kill" X by pressing ctrl-alt-backspace but when I do this the monitor just goes black and I cannot do anything else. The only choice I have here is to ctrl alt del and restart the system.
I've done some searches in google but no help.
I am running: kernel 2.6.15 on a Acer TravelMate 260 Laptop; 1Ghz over 200 Meg of ram Debian 3.0
Thanks in advance for your help.
The problem maybe because ur xserver wasnt configured properly, try running this command at the console < dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xhost> and follow the instructions that come along, in the end u ll get to a section where u ll be asked to input the HorizSync and VertRefresh rates, be careful what u enter here(better check ur laptop manual for supported rates). try starting xserver then, if it still doesnt start check out the error message that it generates, if it shows that the problem is in the refresh rates then open the /etc/X11/xorg.conf file and edit the HorizSync and VertRefresh fields, save and then startx, after a few hit n trials u shud be able to get it workin. -- http://mm.ilug-bom.org.in/mailman/listinfo/linuxers
f7). But, Once I startx I CANNOT change screens. I
<snip> So does X start succesfully or does the screen go black at this stage itself?
Debian 3.0
You're using an obsolete version. Get Debian 3.1 (sarge). woody (3.0) still uses XFree86, which is long gone for most distros now.
Regards, Siddhesh
Siddhesh Poyarekar siddhesh.poyarekar@gmail.com wrote: > > f7). But, Once I startx I CANNOT change screens. I
So does X start succesfully or does the screen go black at this stage itself?
Debian 3.0
You're using an obsolete version. Get Debian 3.1 (sarge). woody (3.0) still uses XFree86, which is long gone for most distros now.
I'm now using Debian 3.1 and still having the same problem.
X starts succesfully and I can work with either kde or gnome but, I cannot switch to any other consoles. When I try to switch the other consoles just stay black but, I can switch back to X. Now, if I exit or kill X I'm screwed; all the consoles are black. I can login from a remote machine but that's it.
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