Re: blackened screen 2

2013-09-10 Thread g
On 09/09/2013 10:56 PM, Richard Vickery wrote: <> Update: I don't see any see anything on-screen anymore; trying to get something readable on X on the external monitor has created a situation now where there is no X11 on screen - all I can get on the external monitor now is a text environment.

Re: blackened screen 2

2013-09-10 Thread Richard Vickery
On Sep 9, 2013 5:58 PM, "g" wrote: > > > > On 09/09/2013 02:42 PM, g wrote: >> >> >> On 09/09/2013 01:31 PM, Richard Vickery wrote: >> <> >> >> > Any Ideas on how else I might try to fix it? >> >> tho it maybe a bad screen as suggested, i would try booting a live cd/dvd, >> or, install cd/dvd fro

Re: blackened screen 2

2013-09-09 Thread Joe Zeff
On 09/09/2013 09:39 PM, Martin S wrote: Back when I had to I could run the command "Xorg -configure" to get to the configuration part of X11. Don't know if it's the same now. As a matter of fact, you still can. -- users mailing list users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe or change subscri

Re: blackened screen 2

2013-09-09 Thread Martin S
On Monday, September 09, 2013 12:47:11 PM Richard Vickery wrote: > > A friend from SFU suggested that it might be an x11 config problem > > because everytime I boot up I clearly see the BIOS information. > > so, the next question is how do I configure the x11? Back when I had to I could run the

Re: blackened screen 2

2013-09-09 Thread g
On 09/09/2013 02:42 PM, g wrote: On 09/09/2013 01:31 PM, Richard Vickery wrote: <> > Any Ideas on how else I might try to fix it? tho it maybe a bad screen as suggested, i would try booting a live cd/dvd, or, install cd/dvd from an earlier release than fedora 20, just to insure that it is

Re: blackened screen 2

2013-09-09 Thread Richard Vickery
On Mon, Sep 9, 2013 at 12:45 PM, Richard Vickery wrote: > On Mon, Sep 9, 2013 at 11:44 AM, Richard Vickery > wrote: >> On Mon, Sep 9, 2013 at 11:39 AM, Kevin Martin wrote: >>> On 09/09/13 13:31, Richard Vickery wrote: Hi gang: I'm on F20. The only way I get a screen that anyone ca

Re: blackened screen 2

2013-09-09 Thread Richard Vickery
On Mon, Sep 9, 2013 at 11:44 AM, Richard Vickery wrote: > On Mon, Sep 9, 2013 at 11:39 AM, Kevin Martin wrote: >> On 09/09/13 13:31, Richard Vickery wrote: >>> Hi gang: >>> >>> I'm on F20. The only way I get a screen that anyone can see is not by >>> using the portable computer's screen, but plug

Re: blackened screen 2

2013-09-09 Thread g
On 09/09/2013 01:31 PM, Richard Vickery wrote: <> > Any Ideas on how else I might try to fix it? tho it maybe a bad screen as suggested, i would try booting a live cd/dvd, or, install cd/dvd from an earlier release than fedora 20, just to insure that it is not a driver problem. -- peace ou

Re: blackened screen 2

2013-09-09 Thread Joe Zeff
On 09/09/2013 12:42 PM, g wrote: tho it maybe a bad screen as suggested, i would try booting a live cd/dvd, or, install cd/dvd from an earlier release than fedora 20, just to insure that it is not a driver problem. You also need to remember that F20 is still in testing, and that the appropria

Re: blackened screen 2

2013-09-09 Thread Tom Horsley
This certainly doesn't make my screen too dark to see, but it does make me think something is wrong with my eyes: Apparently the Intel video driver now defaults to some nonsensical color range restriction. I have to run this in a startup script: xrandr --output HDMI2 --set "Broadcast RGB" Full I

Re: blackened screen 2

2013-09-09 Thread Kevin Martin
On 09/09/13 13:31, Richard Vickery wrote: > Hi gang: > > I'm on F20. The only way I get a screen that anyone can see is not by > using the portable computer's screen, but plugging it into another > screen. I tried going into the "Power" control but it's already on > maximum brightness. Any Ideas o

blackened screen 2

2013-09-09 Thread Richard Vickery
Hi gang: I'm on F20. The only way I get a screen that anyone can see is not by using the portable computer's screen, but plugging it into another screen. I tried going into the "Power" control but it's already on maximum brightness. Any Ideas on how else I might try to fix it? Thanks, Richard --

Re: blackened screen 2

2013-09-09 Thread Richard Vickery
On Mon, Sep 9, 2013 at 11:39 AM, Kevin Martin wrote: > On 09/09/13 13:31, Richard Vickery wrote: >> Hi gang: >> >> I'm on F20. The only way I get a screen that anyone can see is not by >> using the portable computer's screen, but plugging it into another >> screen. I tried going into the "Power" c