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problem with dvi on dell sx270

Asked by tJim Tobias

I have a Dell SX270 with DVI. The 8.04 install worked okay. But on reboot after the progress bar and a few on and off flickers, the video stops; I can hear the Gnome desktop prompting me, but no video. It's not a display problem, as I can get other video to display (VGA, S-video, etc.). I have searched through numerous sources and it appears I have to edit xorg.conf somehow, but I don't see exactly what I'm supposed to put where. Any help would be most appreciated.

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marcobra (Marco Braida) (marcobra) said : 		#1

Try if this help you to see the screen...

Please try to press CTRL+ALT+"+" and/or CTRL+ALT+"-" to dynamically change video frequency
or press CTRL+ALT+BKSPACE to restart graphics layer.

If this don't solve please try to update your system using a pseudo tty: press ctrl + alt + F2 make a login with your user and password and try to upgrade your system, type:

sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get upgrade
sudo apt-get dist-upgrade

give your user password when requested, you don't see nothing when you type it, then press enter.

Then to reboot your pc from command line type:

sudo reboot

Hope this helps

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