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From: "Cláudio Henrique" <rapaduraatomica@×××××.com>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] No X interface...
Date: Thu, 29 Dec 2005 10:45:07
Message-Id: 7babdf270512290240o48adcc4ck732a4d8a3ef51fc3@mail.gmail.com
In Reply to: RE: [gentoo-user] No X interface... by Michael Kintzios
1 Yersterday I tried another video card, and everything went just fine.
2 It was really the card...
3 Regards!
4
5 On 12/28/05, Michael Kintzios <michaelkintzios@××××××××.uk> wrote:
6 >
7 >
8 > > -----Original Message-----
9 > > From: Cláudio Henrique [mailto:rapaduraatomica@×××××.com]
10 > > Sent: 28 December 2005 11:10
11 > > To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
12 > > Subject: [gentoo-user] No X interface...
13 > >
14 > >
15 > > Hi there,
16 > >
17 > > After a overheat, my computer does not work under X interface. I start
18 > > my system without error messages, but when I try to startx, the screen
19 > > goes black, and only reseting the computer the system is restored. Not
20 > > even a /var/log/Xorg.0.log output is generated. The same problem
21 > > occurs if I use a LiveCD, I've tried Kurumin and Linspire so far.
22 >
23 > Could it be that the video card was fried? Was it overclocked?
24 >
25 > > http://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic-p-2987382.html#2987382
26 >
27 > Unless I'm mistaken your video card is not being initialised. If you
28 > tried different LiveCD's and it now fails to come up, then hardware
29 > failure of card or controller chip are suspect.
30 >
31 > Finally, from a software perspective I assume that there are no lock
32 > files created which are relevant to the video card and which might need
33 > deleting? Someone with more knowledge in this area may be able to offer
34 > help.
35 > --
36 > Regards,
37 > Mick
38 >
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