Re: blackened screen 2

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On Mon, Sep 9, 2013 at 12:45 PM, Richard Vickery
<richard.vickeryrv@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On Mon, Sep 9, 2013 at 11:44 AM, Richard Vickery
> <richard.vickeryrv@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> On Mon, Sep 9, 2013 at 11:39 AM, Kevin Martin <ktmdms@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>> On 09/09/13 13:31, Richard Vickery wrote:
>>>> Hi gang:
>>>>
>>>> I'm on F20. The only way I get a screen that anyone can see is not by
>>>> using the portable computer's screen, but plugging it into another
>>>> screen. I tried going into the "Power" control but it's already on
>>>> maximum brightness. Any Ideas on how else I might try to fix it?
>>>>
>>>> Thanks,
>>>>
>>>> Richard
>>>>
>>>
>>> Y'know, I just had this problem with an HP laptop and had to replace the screen.  I could *barely* see that the screen had something
>>> on it if I shined a flashlight on it at different angles.  It turned out to be a bad screen.  FWIW, this was with Knoppix but the
>>> screen was definitely bad.  Screens on laptops are fairly easy to replace, FWIW.  Lots of videos on how to do it and the screens
>>> tend to be < $100.
>>>
>>> Otherwise, I couldn't tell you what might be happening.
>>>
>>> Good luck.
>>>
>>> Kevin
>>> --
>>
>>
>> sounds similar to what's happening to me. I'll give it a try.
>>
>> Thanks
>
> A friend from SFU suggested that it might be an x11 config problem
> because everytime I boot up I clearly see the BIOS information.

so, the next question is how do I configure the x11?
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