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On 10/20/06, José González Gómez <jgonzalez.openinput@×××××.com> wrote: |
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> I've got an Acer Aspire 1520 with an NVIDIA GeForce FX Go5700 and a dual |
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> Gentoo Linux/Windows install. The problem is that the graphics card seems to |
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> be broken, at least partially: whenever I start the laptop the screen is |
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> off, and here comes the weird part, if I select Gentoo from the grub boot (I |
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> know where the options are, so I can select it even with the screen off) the |
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> screen keeps off, but if I select Windows, the screen gets on, but only when |
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> Windows reach the login screen, not before. |
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Does your Gentoo system boot into X, or to a console? |
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Have you tried plugging in an external monitor to see what is displayed there? |
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-Richard |
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