[vox-tech] ******* Video card....

[Peter Jay Salzman]

ryan,

i'm not extremely familiar with this chipset, but i was under the
impression that official patches to the xfree86 cvs were *just* added
a few weeks ago. 

a quick search on deja yielded something similar to your problem:

   The only problem is, that if I switch to graphic-mode, I have to turn
   off the monitor (Fn+F5). If X is started, I can switch on the Monitor
   again.  If I want to get back to the text modus, its the same again

does that help?

if you're not using 4.2.*, you may want to try upgrading (not familiar
with mandrake either, sorry).

pete


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> > what chipset?   which laptop?
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> Compaq Armada V300, ATI Rage Mobile (Don't know exactly, if you tell me how 
> to look it up I will)
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> > are you using a frame buffer console?   if so, try using a real console.
> > maybe the chipset is breaking under a change of graphics context.
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> I don't think so, I'm not sure, It's whatever mandrake 8.0 is using by 
> default, again, i'm not sure how to find out.
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> > pete
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> > > My video card keeps breaking and getting me stuck in graphical mode at
> > > random when switching back to X from a tty, forcing me to reboot. Any
> > > idea how to prevent this? This is my laptop, so i'm stuck with the video
> > > card I have. - --

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