[Tfug] Re: tfug digest, Vol 1 #482 - 2 msgs

[Bill]

> Date: Sun, 16 Mar 2003 01:57:36 -0700
> From: Joshua Bernstein <josh@engr.arizona.edu>
> To: tfug@tfug.org
> Subject: [Tfug] Crazzy Screen Blanking
> Reply-To: tfug@tfug.org
> 
> Hey Guys,
> 
> 	I'm stumped. I've got a nForce motherboard with Debian testing 
> installed. Lilo loads the kernel and displays all the little ..... as 
> it begins to uncompress. But when is gets to the last . and it attempts 
> to initailize the screen, it flickers and goes blank. The weird thing 
> is, is that it happens part of the time with the four 2.4 kernels I've 
> tested it with. It doesn't seem to have with problem with the 2.2.20 
> kernel at all. I've tried both 2.4.19, 2.4.20 with both gcc-2.95 and 
> gcc-3.2 AND both Debian kernel-image packes. I've even added vga=ask to 
> lilo.conf. I'm totally confussed and there doesn't seem to be any 
> reason why it would only work part of the time. I've restored the BIOS 
> on the motherboard to the defaults and right now I'm just plain pissed 
> off.... Does anybody have any ideas or has seen this before? If you 
> don't have a solution, a possible explanation would at least make me 
> feel better....
> 
> 
> -Joshua Bernstein

What version of XFree are you using? I had instances where an older
video card would only be recognized with the 3.x Xfree but not with the
4.x version (marked as now unsupported.)

-*-Bill