2009/10/30 ian pettitt <ian.pett...@bbsrc.ac.uk>: > Hi > I've upgrade from 9.04 to 9.10 and I can no longer use it - the system > boots and gets to login screen, but since there is no display I can't > use it! I reinstalled 9.04 and downloaded the 9.10 Live Cd, which has > the same problem - the display is blank. It does detect an external > monitor so I can see the output on that, but that isn't a very practical > solution. Changing the display properties for the laptop screen doesn't > make any difference, whatever I try I do not get any thing on the laptop > screen.
Have you tried the good ol' Fn-F8 combination (or whatever the CRT/LCD key is on the 1545, I assume it's the same as on the Vostro 1500)? Jonathon -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/