On 16 March 2014 16:41, Ranjan Maitra <maitra.mbox.ignored@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > Hi Samir, > > Thanks! > > > Searching online, it looks like this laptop has two graphics chips an > > nvidia and an intel, right? > > I had not been aware that there was a choice. So I looked up the > invoice and found: > > Monitor: > > MOD,LCD,13.3FHD,FML,LED,L322X (320-9392) > > Video Card: > > Intel HD 4000 (320-3810) > > Video Memory: > > Dell SRV Software for Intel Centrino Adv-N 6235 (421-8555) > > Which is good, since I have had good experience with the Intels. Here > is the output to lspci > > $ lspci > 00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation 3rd Gen Core processor DRAM > Controller (rev 09) 00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel > Corporation 3rd Gen Core processor Graphics Controller (rev 09) 00:14.0 > USB controller: Intel Corporation 7 Series/C210 Series Chipset Family > USB xHCI Host Controller (rev 04) 00:16.0 Communication controller: > Intel Corporation 7 Series/C210 Series Chipset Family MEI Controller #1 > (rev 04) 00:1a.0 USB controller: Intel Corporation 7 Series/C210 Series > Chipset Family USB Enhanced Host Controller #2 (rev 04) 00:1b.0 Audio > device: Intel Corporation 7 Series/C210 Series Chipset Family High > Definition Audio Controller (rev 04) 00:1c.0 PCI bridge: Intel > Corporation 7 Series/C210 Series Chipset Family PCI Express Root Port 1 > (rev c4) 00:1d.0 USB controller: Intel Corporation 7 Series/C210 Series > Chipset Family USB Enhanced Host Controller #1 (rev 04) 00:1f.0 ISA > bridge: Intel Corporation QS77 Express Chipset LPC Controller (rev 04) > 00:1f.2 SATA controller: Intel Corporation 7 Series Chipset Family > 6-port SATA Controller [AHCI mode] (rev 04) 00:1f.3 SMBus: Intel > Corporation 7 Series/C210 Series Chipset Family SMBus Controller (rev > 04) 01:00.0 Network controller: Intel Corporation Centrino Advanced-N > 6235 (rev 24) > >From this output there's no nvidia chip on that laptop; could be that some models have the dual gfx chips and some don't I guess... > > > Which one of them are you using? > > I guess I am using the Intel. > > if there's an option in the BIOS you might > > want to try disabling the nvidia chip. > > The BIOS for this machine has the fewest of options that I can recall > of any machine. > > > > > > Note that if you're using the intel graphics card, booting with nomodeset > > means the system will have to use the vesa driver, which is very basic. The > > intel driver requires kernel mode setting to work IIUC. > > Maybe this is it. I have set it back to kernel modesetting and will see > what happens. It has not had the problem yet, but it is hard to tell -- > so far no issues, but these are early days and without a rigorous check > on the gray-black screen yet. Good luck. > > Thanks again for all the help!! > Ranjan > > ____________________________________________________________ > FREE 3D EARTH SCREENSAVER - Watch the Earth right on your desktop! > Check it out at http://www.inbox.com/earth > > > -- > users mailing list > users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > To unsubscribe or change subscription options: > https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users > Fedora Code of Conduct: http://fedoraproject.org/code-of-conduct > Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines > Have a question? Ask away: http://ask.fedoraproject.org -- Ahmad Samir -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Fedora Code of Conduct: http://fedoraproject.org/code-of-conduct Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines Have a question? Ask away: http://ask.fedoraproject.org
