*       From: deloptes <delop...@yahoo.com>
*       Date: Thu, 24 Nov 2011 20:01:45 +0100
> What really matters is what kind of video chip you have on the board. 

root@whiterock:~# lspci | grep VGA
01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: ATI Technologies Inc Rage Mobility M3 AGP 2x 
(rev 02)

> I mean you need xorg.conf with configuration options that will solve your
> problem (if it's not an X.org bug)

OK, "Xorg -configure" made the xorg.conf visible here.
  http://members.shaw.ca/peasthope/xorg.conf.IBMA22m

Changing Driver "r128" to Driver "ati" still gave a black screen.

> download and try ubuntu and write back

Googling finds a wide variety of similar problems and some 
solutions, in Ubuntu and elsewhere.  Before more time is wasted 
thrashing around, I'll happily test suggested edits of my xorg.conf.

Thanks,               ... Peter E.

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