<div dir="ltr">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.<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">
On Sun, Sep 19, 2010 at 2:30 PM, Mark Weisler <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:mark@weisler-saratoga-ca.us">mark@weisler-saratoga-ca.us</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding-left: 1ex;">
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Darlene Wallach wrote:<br>
> Ehud,<br>
><br>
> On Sun, Sep 19, 2010 at 1:43 PM, Ehud Kaldor <<a href="mailto:ehud.kaldor@gmail.com">ehud.kaldor@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>
>> Even during boot? Do you see the fedora screen while it loads and then goes<br>
>> black, or not even that?<br>
><br>
> I only see a black screen - like when I open the lid and the laptop is<br>
> shut off. That is all I see even when I boot I never see anything on<br>
> the screen.<br>
><br>
> I am very perplexed! I'm hoping I did not break my brand new laptop.<br>
><br>
> I have no idea what I could possibly have done to cause this.<br>
><br>
> Thank you<br>
><br>
>>> Ehud,<br>
><br>
> Darlene Wallach<br>
><br>
>>> On Sun, Sep 19, 2010 at 10:41 AM, Ehud Kaldor <<a href="mailto:ehud.kaldor@gmail.com">ehud.kaldor@gmail.com</a>><br>
>>> wrote:<br>
>>>> had that a couple of days ago. i think there was a kernel update that<br>
>>>> broke<br>
>>>> the NVIDIA kmod (if you are using it). you can try and login to a<br>
>>>> different,<br>
>>>> text console (after boot is done, hold ctrl+alt+F2 or F3) and run dmesg<br>
>>>> or<br>
>>>> cat /var/log/messages to look for specific errors.<br>
>>>> anyway, i would recommend setting few seconds pause on the kernel<br>
>>>> selection<br>
>>>> screen of grub and boot to a previous kernel.<br>
>>> I guess I did not explain my situation.<br>
>>><br>
>>> I have a black blank screen. I see nothing just a black screen. I see<br>
>>> nothing when I try to boot or do a cold shutdown.<br>
>>><br>
>>> Thank you<br>
>>><br>
>>>> Ehud<br>
>>>><br>
>>> Darlene Wallach<br>
>>><br>
>>>> On Sun, Sep 19, 2010 at 10:29 AM, Darlene Wallach<br>
>>>> <<a href="mailto:freepalestin@dslextreme.com">freepalestin@dslextreme.com</a>> wrote:<br>
>>>>> I purchased a new laptop from Linux Certified with Fedora 13 installed.<br>
>>>>><br>
>>>>> I did "yum update". Now I only have a blank screen when I try to boot<br>
>>>>> the laptop. Since I can't see anything I have no idea what is going<br>
>>>>> on.<br>
>>>>><br>
>>>>> I did the yum update yesterday. I thought I had rebooted successfully<br>
>>>>> and left the laptop on with the power supply plugged in and the cover<br>
>>>>> down. Now I only see a blank screen. I did a hard shutdown and when I<br>
>>>>> try to boot, I only get a blank screen.<br>
>>>>><br>
>>>>> I tried putting a Fedora 11 live CD and still only get a blank screen.<br>
>>>>><br>
>>>>> Any suggestions?<br>
>>>>><br>
>>>>> Thank you<br>
>>>>> Darlene Wallach<br>
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</div></div>Try booting from a LiveCD of some kind (System Rescue CD, Ubuntu, Knoppix etc.)<br>
I have seen the condition you describe when the notebook thinks it is<br>
connected to a docking station, turns off its own monitor, and sends video<br>
out the port to an external monitor. The LiveCD should at least tell you<br>
whether the notebook is working. (Make sure it's a known to be good CD though.)<br>
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