Re: still having problems

2004-06-25 Thread Kent West
Bob Schmidt wrote: Hi, I tried running dpkg as mentioned below, and changed the card to the correct card. But I still am not able to get into the xserver. When I boot the computer and it comes to the point of trying to get into gdm, the screen flashes 3 or 4 times then says "unable to start x se

Re: Still having problems with the blankscreen

2001-04-17 Thread Colin Watson
"Russell May" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >This occurs under the console (no X) as well as X. setterm(1) only affects the console. Under X, see xset(1), probably something like 'xset s off'. >I have tired all the setterm commands listed in the man pages, but my >monitor still blanks out after 10 m

Re: Still having problems with the blankscreen

2001-04-17 Thread John Patton
Hmmm... I would look into computer's bios settings. If I had to guess, I would say that your bios is using some sort of power management. On Tue, Apr 17, 2001 at 11:43:43AM -0600, Russell May wrote: > This occurs under the console (no X) as well as X. > I have tired all the setterm commands listed