Subject: Monitor standby
Date: Tue, Aug 28, 2001 at 10:54:14PM +0200
In reply to:Arthur Buijs
Quoting Arthur Buijs([EMAIL PROTECTED]):
> I installed Linux (Debian Potato) for the first time. During installation I
> had to choose between simple and advanced for installing additional software.
> I used simple and selected all the packages containing the word Gnome or the
> character X (as recommended in "Installing Debian Potato by Mark Stone).
> During the process the configuration tool anXious detects that I need the s3v
> server. This seems right because I have a Diamond card with a s3 chipset. I
> know the video card has 4MB video memory. I used the documentation that came
> with the monitor to enter te appropriate values for hor/ver sync. I selected
> a few different resolutions which I know the monitor can handle.
>
> After installation I can use tty1-tty6 but if I press <ctrl><alt><F7> the
> monitor turns to stand-by mode. What might have gone wrong?
In the default installation, <ctrl><alt><F7> get you to 'back' to
where 'X' is running. If you didn't start X there is nothing to see
there. If you have configured your /etc/X11/XF86Config correctly for
you video card and monitor, and then run startx, you should enter X.
If you then want to go back to a console you enter <ctrl><alt><F1-6>.
Then to get back into X <ctrl><alt><F7>.
Hope that came out clear enough.
Please set your test to 72 columns in future mails.
:-) HTH, YMMV, HAND :-)
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