2006/10/21, Richard Fish : > > On 10/20/06, José González Gómez wrote: > > I've got an Acer Aspire 1520 with an NVIDIA GeForce FX Go5700 and a dual > > Gentoo Linux/Windows install. The problem is that the graphics card > seems to > > be broken, at least partially: whenever I start the laptop the screen is > > off, and here comes the weird part, if I select Gentoo from the grub > boot (I > > know where the options are, so I can select it even with the screen off) > the > > screen keeps off, but if I select Windows, the screen gets on, but only > when > > Windows reach the login screen, not before. > > Does your Gentoo system boot into X, or to a console? > > Have you tried plugging in an external monitor to see what is displayed > there? > This is solved now... I restarted the computer several times until the screen displayed the bootup screen. I then entered the BIOS, changed all the configuration related to the screen (dual screen detection, automatic brightness,...), and then restarted. After restarting a few times and checking that the screen always functioned properly I entered the BIOS again and reverted back all changes. Now the screen is working properly. I don't know what the hell happened. Thanks everybody for your help. Best regards Jose