On 10/20/06, José González Gómez <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 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
