I have an Asus a8v, athlon with an "ATI Technologies Inc M10 NQ [Radeon Mobility 9600]" and I'm experiencing the "black screen" on startup of the X server. I've done the "dpkg-reconfigure -phigh xserver.xorg", tried the xserver-xorg-video-ati_6.7.195+git20071020tv_i386.deb, and 'Option "LVDSBiosNativeMode" "false"', and I'm still getting the black screen. Here is a more detailed description:
I have an Asus a8v, athlon with an "ATI Technologies Inc M10 NQ [Radeon Mobility 9600]" and I'm experiencing the "black screen" on startup of the X server. I've done the "dpkg-reconfigure -phigh xserver.xorg", tried the xserver- xorg-video- ati_6.7. 195+git20071020 tv_i386. deb, and 'Option "LVDSBiosNative Mode" "false"', and I'm still getting the black screen. Here is a more detailed description:
Start with running system using vesa driver.
dpkg-query -W 'xserver*ati*' xorg-driver- ati xorg-video- ati 1:6.7.195+ git20071020tv xorg-video- ati-dbg xorg-video- atimisc
xserver-
xserver-
xserver-
xserver-
dpkg-reconfigure -phigh xserver-xorg
Ctrl-Alt-Backspace
Result:
Monitor goes into power save.
Xorg starts consuming CPU, is not able to be killed (even with -9).
Reboot.
Results unchanged.
ed xorg.conf s/"ati"/"vesa"
reboot.
Works fine.
ed xorg.conf s/"vesa"/"ati"
apt-get install xserver- xorg-video- ati xorg-driver- ati xorg-video- ati 1:6.7.195-1ubuntu2 xorg-video- ati-dbg xorg-video- atimisc
dpkg-query -W 'xserver*ati*'
xserver-
xserver-
xserver-
xserver-
Ctrl-Alt-Backspace
Result:
black screen, xorg max cpu, unkillable.
Add Option "LVDSBiosNative Mode" "false"
reboot
Result:
black screen, xorg max cpu, unkillable.