[Wolves] Blank screen from boot

[Ron Wellsted]

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Re-LoaD wrote:
> Ron Wellsted wrote:
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>> Re-LoaD wrote:
>>> Hi All,
>>> 	ok got a good one for you..
>>>
>>> Boot the box while attached to a crappy 15" Compaq monitor and all is 
>>> well system comes up and films can be watched.
>>>
>>> If I then unplug the video cable and plug in my TV cable the desktop can 
>>> be viewed no problem, if I look at the screen resolution the system has 
>>> detected a Philips 29" (mine is a 32 but its working) 1024x768 @ 60Hz
>>>
>>> When I reboot the system it boots but no video if I swap the cable back 
>>> to the 15" monitor still no video I have to reboot it to get the video 
>>> back..
>>>
>>> Can I stop hardware probing at boot time and just go with last good config ?
>>>
>>> I am going to speak to Philips but the TV supports 1024x768 @ 60Hz or 
>>> 720p or 1080i
>>>
>>> If I connect the system using the DVI lead I get 1080i but the whole 
>>> picture is shifted to the right about 45%
>>>
>>>
>>> I haven't got much hair left to pull out so any help / suggestions would 
>>> be great.
>>>
>>> Cheers
>>>
>>> Re-LoaD
>> What distro? video card? drivers?
>>
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>> Ron Wellsted
> hope this helps
> 
> reload at mini:/etc$ lspci
> 0000:00:0b.0 Host bridge: Apple Computer Inc. UniNorth 2 AGP
> 0000:00:10.0 VGA compatible controller: ATI Technologies Inc RV280 
> [Radeon 9200] (rev 01)
> 0001:10:0b.0 Host bridge: Apple Computer Inc. UniNorth 2 PCI
> 0001:10:17.0 Class ff00: Apple Computer Inc. KeyLargo/Intrepid Mac I/O
> 0001:10:18.0 USB Controller: Apple Computer Inc. KeyLargo/Intrepid USB
> 0001:10:19.0 USB Controller: Apple Computer Inc. KeyLargo/Intrepid USB
> 0001:10:1a.0 USB Controller: Apple Computer Inc. KeyLargo/Intrepid USB
> 0001:10:1b.0 USB Controller: NEC Corporation USB (rev 43)
> 0001:10:1b.1 USB Controller: NEC Corporation USB (rev 43)
> 0001:10:1b.2 USB Controller: NEC Corporation USB 2.0 (rev 04)
> 0002:20:0b.0 Host bridge: Apple Computer Inc. UniNorth 2 Internal PCI
> 0002:20:0d.0 Class ff00: Apple Computer Inc. UniNorth/Intrepid ATA/100
> 0002:20:0e.0 FireWire (IEEE 1394): Apple Computer Inc. UniNorth 2 
> FireWire (rev 81)
> 0002:20:0f.0 Ethernet controller: Apple Computer Inc. UniNorth 2 GMAC 
> (Sun GEM) (rev 80)
> reload at mini:/etc$ uname -a
> Linux mini 2.6.24-19-powerpc #1 Fri Jul 11 21:37:37 UTC 2008 ppc GNU/Linux
> 
> and Xorg unchanged from default..
> Section "InputDevice"
> 	Identifier	"Generic Keyboard"
> 	Driver		"kbd"
> 	Option		"XkbRules"	"xorg"
> 	Option		"XkbModel"	"pc105"
> 	Option		"XkbLayout"	"gb"
> EndSection
> 
> Section "InputDevice"
> 	Identifier	"Configured Mouse"
> 	Driver		"mouse"
> 	Option		"CorePointer"
> EndSection
> 
> Section "Device"
> 	Identifier	"Configured Video Device"
> 	BusID		"PCI:0:16:0"
> 	Option		"UseFBDev"		"true"
> EndSection
> 
> Section "Monitor"
> 	Identifier	"Configured Monitor"
> EndSection
> 
> Section "Screen"
> 	Identifier	"Default Screen"
> 	Monitor		"Configured Monitor"
> 	Device		"Configured Video Device"
> EndSection
> 
> Section "ServerLayout"
> 	Identifier	"Default Layout"
> 	Screen		"Default Screen"
> EndSection
> 
> 
> Thanks Ron..
> 

I take it from the lspci output that this is the Mac Mini you mentioned
earlier.  I had a similar problem with this system with DVI. It appears
that the ati driver will not correctly detect some screens correctly via
DVI.  Can you run the Phillips on the VGA output?



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Ron Wellsted
ron at wellsted.org.uk http://www.wellsted.org.uk
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