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Thread: Dell XPS 1530m Display Problem

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hey everyone,

have older dell laptop. xps 1530m nvidia 8400m gs.
screen on laptop broken, external display still seems work.

have installed debian wheezy it. grub shows fine, , can select either recovery mode or default option. see whole lot of

...loading "something" [ok]
after loads gdm3 (gnome display manager), external screen turns black. (the primary display cracked , never displays anything)

can remote laptop via ssh.

update::
[my previous request xorg configuration file disables internal lcd]

in process of making such file, require help. have.

section "monitor"
identifier "external hdmi"
option "enable" "true"
option "preferredmode" "1920x1080"
endsection

section "monitor"
identifier "integrated lcd"
option "ignore" "true"
[color="rgb(72, 61, 139)"]endsection[/color]

section "device"
identifier "card0"
vendorname "nvidia corporation"
boardname "geforce 8400m gs"
driver "nouveau"
busid "01.00.0"
option "monitor-hdmi1" "external hdmi"
option "monitor-lvds1" "integrated lcd"
endsection

section "screen"
identifier "screen0"
device "card0"
monitor "external hdmi"
subsection "display"
viewport 0 0
depth 24
endsubsection

subsection "display"
viewport 0 0
depth 32
endsubsection

endsection

section "serverlayout"
identifier "layout0"
screen "screen0"
endsection

section "files"
modulepath "/usr/lib/xorg/modules"
fontpath "/usr/share/fonts/x11/misc"
fontpath "/usr/share/fonts/x11/100dpi"
fontpath "/usr/share/fonts/x11/75dpi"
fontpath "/usr/share/fonts/x11/type1"
fontpath "built-ins"
endsection

and error receive now

code:
fatal server error: [ 312.888] xf86openconsole: cannot find free vt

hi cc7gir.

post content of file?
code:
/var/log/xorg.0.log
please paste here: http://paste.ubuntu.com/, , post link here.

regards.

btw, post marked solved, won't attention problem way.


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