My Sony screen will not go into graphics mode, X is OK.

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My Sony screen will not go into graphics mode, X is OK.

#1 Post by tallboy »

Hi guys, I need some assistance.
My 21" Sony Multiscan 500PS screen will suddenly not show other than text mode. I boot off a live LupuPlus-5.2.8, so there is no corrupted X.

I have a working text mode with the Sony, I can run Xorgwizard with no complaints, and when I run Xwin, I can hear the familiar sound when X starts and set the new resoultion.
After that: black screen, no mouse, no visible reaction from keyboard, and the screen's setup menu don't show until I use Ctrl-Alt-Backspace and get back to text mode again.

At first, I thought the ATI graphic card failed, so I tried several graphic cards of several brands, but with similar results. I then fired up my old 19" Intergraph screen using the original ATI graphic card in the PC, and everything is back to normal. I also tested the other cards with the Intergraph; PC is OK, graphic cards are OK and Intergraph screen is OK.
Sony is not OK :cry:

Does anyone have some insight into what may be wrong? Is anyone familiar with problems with this Sony?

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#2 Post by mill0001 »

Hi tallboy: Can you hook the Sony up to another comp to see if it works with it?
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#3 Post by tallboy »

I have done that with 2 other old Linuxboxes, and also used different graphic cards in them, to no avail.

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#4 Post by rokytnji »

Not familiar with sony screen but is the cable interchangeable with a working monitor to rule out a bad wire to vga pin in the cable?
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#5 Post by Semme »

Sure. If not hw, try vbetool. Maybe.. maybe reinstall the driver..
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#6 Post by tallboy »

rokytnji, I have used the same cable on the Intergraph monitor as I used on the Sony, and it seem to be in working order.

Semme, I have the impression that vbetool is for tweaking the PC's components more than for the monitor.

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#7 Post by Semme »

Nope. Many times X fails me.. vbetool doesn't. It reinitializes the hw..
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#8 Post by tallboy »

Semme, thanks. I'll re-read the manual and see what I can make vbetool do.
Do you know if it exists as a .pet? I find it as an ubuntu item in the ppm.

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