[NTLUG:Discuss] How to revive local console

[Michael Barnes]

On Thu, Jul 9, 2009 at 11:39 AM, Eric Waguespack<ewaguespack at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> The computer is a stock Dell Optiplex 745.  I'm not sure what video
>> card it is using, but it is one specifically for dual DVI monitors.
>> As far as drivers go, I just installed a generic Ubuntu download for
>> 8.10, which it self upgraded to 9.04.  I probably will go ahead and
>> disable the screen saver.  I really don't need it on this machine.
>> But, I must admit, there are some really magnificent patterns and
>> colors in this collection of screen savers.
>>
>> I've gone in and looked with top a couple times when this has
>> happened.  Nothing seems to be locked or hogging resources.  The
>> screensaver just stops and nothing seems to wake it up or close it.
>> Killing the screensaver doesn't help.  Restarting gdm doesn't seem to
>> do anything either.
>>
>> Maybe it's the video card.  Can it be "restarted" or reinitialized so
>> to speak?  Although I would think restarting gdm should do that.
>>
>> Thanks for the continued ideas.
>>
>> Michael
>
> that system could have come with any of the following:
>
> 256MB ATI Radeon X1300 Pro
> 128MB ATI Radeon X1300
> Integrated Intel Graphics Media Accelerator 3000
>
> paste this in a terminal session and post the results
>
> $ grep Driver /etc/X11/xorg.conf
> $ lspci
>
>

$ grep Driver /etc/X11/xorg.conf
$  (nothing)
$ cat /etc/X11/xorg.conf
Section "Monitor"
	Identifier	"Configured Monitor"
EndSection

Section "Screen"
	Identifier	"Default Screen"
	Monitor		"Configured Monitor"
	Device		"Configured Video Device"
	SubSection "Display"
		Virtual	2560 1024
	EndSubSection
EndSection

Section "Device"
	Identifier	"Configured Video Device"
EndSection
$
$lspci
00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation 82Q963/Q965 Memory Controller
Hub (rev 02)
00:01.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82Q963/Q965 PCI Express Root Port (rev 02)
00:1a.0 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) USB
UHCI Controller #4 (rev 02)
00:1a.1 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) USB
UHCI Controller #5 (rev 02)
00:1a.7 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) USB2
EHCI Controller #2 (rev 02)
00:1b.0 Audio device: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) HD Audio
Controller (rev 02)
00:1c.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) PCI Express
Port 1 (rev 02)
00:1c.4 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) PCI Express
Port 5 (rev 02)
00:1d.0 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) USB
UHCI Controller #1 (rev 02)
00:1d.1 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) USB
UHCI Controller #2 (rev 02)
00:1d.2 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) USB
UHCI Controller #3 (rev 02)
00:1d.7 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) USB2
EHCI Controller #1 (rev 02)
00:1e.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801 PCI Bridge (rev f2)
00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corporation 82801HB/HR (ICH8/R) LPC
Interface Controller (rev 02)
00:1f.2 IDE interface: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) 4 port
SATA IDE Controller (rev 02)
00:1f.3 SMBus: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) SMBus Controller (rev 02)
00:1f.5 IDE interface: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) 2 port
SATA IDE Controller (rev 02)
01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: ATI Technologies Inc RV516 [Radeon
X1300/X1550 Series]
01:00.1 Display controller: ATI Technologies Inc RV516 [Radeon X1300
Pro] (Secondary)
03:00.0 Ethernet controller: Broadcom Corporation NetXtreme BCM5754
Gigabit Ethernet PCI Express (rev 02)
$

So, it looks like I have an ATI video card.

I turned off the screensaver.  All Power Management stuff has been
disabled from the start, both in the BIOS and the OS settings.

Michael