[K12OSN] Gateway Computers and video problems

[David H. Barr]

I've had some experiences like this with Power Management screwups... you have all that disabled?

-dBarr.

k12osn-bounces at redhat.com wrote:
> Hi all,
> 
> I'm having a problem some new Gateway PC's. The model number is 310.
> Is anyone using these, and do you have video problems?
> 
> If I log out of a session I never get the gdm login window back. I
> can't switch to SCREEN_02 (ok I can but I can't see ouptput) so I've
> lost some debugging ability.
> 
> I have not been able to find a xserver option that works consistantly.
> vesa works sometimes. The screen blacks out and the only way to fix it
> is to reboot. Even then it does not always work.
> 
> I was having a similar problem with gateway monitors on LTSP Term 150,
> but eric fixed that with an updated pxe kernel.
> 
>  From what I can tell from booting into windows (ack) the video card
> is a gateway video card.
> 
> Any suggestions (besides getting another PC) would be greatly
> appreciated.
> 
> Lewis
> ---------
> The instructions said to use Windows 98 or better.... So I installed
> Linux.
> 
> 
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