[conspire] new laptop Fedora 13 with NVIDIA graphics card - yum update - now only blank screen

[Darlene Wallach]

Ehud,

On Sun, Sep 19, 2010 at 2:39 PM, Ehud Kaldor <ehud.kaldor at gmail.com> wrote:
> and one more thing - if you are not even seeing the bios and boot messages,
> it might be that the screen has gone bad. i would connect the VGA port to
> another screen and see if shows anything.

I'm not seeing any bios or boot messages. I do not have a VGA cable so
I can't connect to another screen. I am hesitant to do that though as
the last time I tried that I think I damaged an old Sony VIAO.

I sent an email to support at Linux Certified. I hope they respond on
Monday and can help me resolve this. I am very frustrated. I just
bought this laptop - argh!

Thank you

Darlene Wallach

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> On Sun, Sep 19, 2010 at 2:30 PM, Mark Weisler <mark at weisler-saratoga-ca.us>
> wrote:
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>> Darlene Wallach wrote:
>> > Ehud,
>> >
>> > On Sun, Sep 19, 2010 at 1:43 PM, Ehud Kaldor <ehud.kaldor at gmail.com>
>> > wrote:
>> >> Even during boot? Do you see the fedora screen while it loads and then
>> >> goes
>> >> black, or not even that?
>> >
>> > I only see a black screen - like when I open the lid and the laptop is
>> > shut off. That is all I see even when I boot I never see anything on
>> > the screen.
>> >
>> > I am very perplexed! I'm hoping I did not break my brand new laptop.
>> >
>> > I have no idea what I could possibly have done to cause this.
>> >
>> > Thank you
>> >
>> >>> Ehud,
>> >
>> > Darlene Wallach
>> >
>> >>> On Sun, Sep 19, 2010 at 10:41 AM, Ehud Kaldor <ehud.kaldor at gmail.com>
>> >>> wrote:
>> >>>> had that a couple of days ago. i think there was a kernel update that
>> >>>> broke
>> >>>> the NVIDIA kmod (if you are using it). you can try and login to a
>> >>>> different,
>> >>>> text console (after boot is done, hold ctrl+alt+F2 or F3) and run
>> >>>> dmesg
>> >>>> or
>> >>>> cat /var/log/messages to look for specific errors.
>> >>>> anyway, i would recommend setting few seconds pause on the kernel
>> >>>> selection
>> >>>> screen of grub and boot to a previous kernel.
>> >>> I guess I did not explain my situation.
>> >>>
>> >>> I have a black blank screen. I see nothing just a black screen. I see
>> >>> nothing when I try to boot or do a cold shutdown.
>> >>>
>> >>> Thank you
>> >>>
>> >>>> Ehud
>> >>>>
>> >>> Darlene Wallach
>> >>>
>> >>>> On Sun, Sep 19, 2010 at 10:29 AM, Darlene Wallach
>> >>>> <freepalestin at dslextreme.com> wrote:
>> >>>>> I purchased a new laptop from Linux Certified with Fedora 13
>> >>>>> installed.
>> >>>>>
>> >>>>> I did "yum update". Now I only have a blank screen when I try to
>> >>>>> boot
>> >>>>> the laptop. Since I can't see anything I have no idea what is going
>> >>>>> on.
>> >>>>>
>> >>>>> I did the yum update yesterday. I thought I had rebooted
>> >>>>> successfully
>> >>>>> and left the laptop on with the power supply plugged in and the
>> >>>>> cover
>> >>>>> down. Now I only see a blank screen. I did a hard shutdown and when
>> >>>>> I
>> >>>>> try to boot, I only get a blank screen.
>> >>>>>
>> >>>>> I tried putting a Fedora 11 live CD and still only get a blank
>> >>>>> screen.
>> >>>>>
>> >>>>> Any suggestions?
>> >>>>>
>> >>>>> Thank you
>> >>>>> Darlene Wallach
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>> Try booting from a LiveCD of some kind (System Rescue CD, Ubuntu, Knoppix
>> etc.)
>> I have seen the condition you describe when the notebook thinks it is
>> connected to a docking station, turns off its own monitor, and sends video
>> out the port to an external monitor. The LiveCD should at least tell you
>> whether the notebook is working. (Make sure it's a known to be good CD
>> though.)
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