Hi Samir, Thanks!
> Searching online, it looks like this laptop has two graphics chips an > nvidia and an intel, right? I had not been aware that there was a choice. So I looked up the invoice and found: Monitor: MOD,LCD,13.3FHD,FML,LED,L322X (320-9392) Video Card: Intel HD 4000 (320-3810) Video Memory: Dell SRV Software for Intel Centrino Adv-N 6235 (421-8555) Which is good, since I have had good experience with the Intels. Here is the output to lspci $ lspci 00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation 3rd Gen Core processor DRAM Controller (rev 09) 00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation 3rd Gen Core processor Graphics Controller (rev 09) 00:14.0 USB controller: Intel Corporation 7 Series/C210 Series Chipset Family USB xHCI Host Controller (rev 04) 00:16.0 Communication controller: Intel Corporation 7 Series/C210 Series Chipset Family MEI Controller #1 (rev 04) 00:1a.0 USB controller: Intel Corporation 7 Series/C210 Series Chipset Family USB Enhanced Host Controller #2 (rev 04) 00:1b.0 Audio device: Intel Corporation 7 Series/C210 Series Chipset Family High Definition Audio Controller (rev 04) 00:1c.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 7 Series/C210 Series Chipset Family PCI Express Root Port 1 (rev c4) 00:1d.0 USB controller: Intel Corporation 7 Series/C210 Series Chipset Family USB Enhanced Host Controller #1 (rev 04) 00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corporation QS77 Express Chipset LPC Controller (rev 04) 00:1f.2 SATA controller: Intel Corporation 7 Series Chipset Family 6-port SATA Controller [AHCI mode] (rev 04) 00:1f.3 SMBus: Intel Corporation 7 Series/C210 Series Chipset Family SMBus Controller (rev 04) 01:00.0 Network controller: Intel Corporation Centrino Advanced-N 6235 (rev 24) > Which one of them are you using? I guess I am using the Intel. if there's an option in the BIOS you might > want to try disabling the nvidia chip. The BIOS for this machine has the fewest of options that I can recall of any machine. > > Note that if you're using the intel graphics card, booting with nomodeset > means the system will have to use the vesa driver, which is very basic. The > intel driver requires kernel mode setting to work IIUC. Maybe this is it. I have set it back to kernel modesetting and will see what happens. It has not had the problem yet, but it is hard to tell -- so far no issues, but these are early days and without a rigorous check on the gray-black screen yet. Thanks again for all the help!! Ranjan ____________________________________________________________ FREE 3D EARTH SCREENSAVER - Watch the Earth right on your desktop! Check it out at http://www.inbox.com/earth -- users mailing list users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Fedora Code of Conduct: http://fedoraproject.org/code-of-conduct Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines Have a question? Ask away: http://ask.fedoraproject.org
