Re: [gentoo-user] [OT] Laptop graphics card broken??

[José González Gómez]

2006/10/21, Richard Fish <bigfish@××××××××××.org>:
>
> On 10/20/06, José González Gómez <jgonzalez.openinput@×××××.com> wrote:
> > I've got an Acer Aspire 1520 with an NVIDIA GeForce FX Go5700 and a dual
> > Gentoo Linux/Windows install. The problem is that the graphics card
> seems to
> > be broken, at least partially: whenever I start the laptop the screen is
> > off, and here comes the weird part, if I select Gentoo from the grub
> boot (I
> > know where the options are, so I can select it even with the screen off)
> the
> > screen keeps off, but if I select Windows, the screen gets on, but only
> when
> > Windows reach the login screen, not before.
>
> Does your Gentoo system boot into X, or to a console?
>
> Have you tried plugging in an external monitor to see what is displayed
> there?
>

This is solved now... I restarted the computer several times until the
screen displayed the bootup screen. I then entered the BIOS, changed all the
configuration related to the screen (dual screen detection, automatic
brightness,...), and then restarted. After restarting a few times and
checking that the screen always functioned properly I entered the BIOS again
and reverted back all changes. Now the screen is working properly. I don't
know what the hell happened.

Thanks everybody for your help.

Best regards
Jose