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black screen 2 sec after Thinkpad logo
black screen 2 sec after Thinkpad logo
Greetings to you,
Thinkpad W700ds. Installed systems are Debian and Kali Linux. At startup the expected Thinkpad entry screen appears for ca 2 sec. Blindly I can select either system. On Kali the secondary screen had been activated and there the (verbose) boot sequece is beeing displayed. I can log in and thereafter the secondary screen shows my Kali background color. Meanwhile the main screen remains black.
I go to sleep mode via Fn + F4. After wakeup via Fn the main screen wakes up for about two sec, and the goes black again. When I SSH from a separate machine and try with "xrandr" I get the message "Can't open display".
How should I proceed?
Thanks and watch your health.
Vin Koehler
Thinkpad W700ds. Installed systems are Debian and Kali Linux. At startup the expected Thinkpad entry screen appears for ca 2 sec. Blindly I can select either system. On Kali the secondary screen had been activated and there the (verbose) boot sequece is beeing displayed. I can log in and thereafter the secondary screen shows my Kali background color. Meanwhile the main screen remains black.
I go to sleep mode via Fn + F4. After wakeup via Fn the main screen wakes up for about two sec, and the goes black again. When I SSH from a separate machine and try with "xrandr" I get the message "Can't open display".
How should I proceed?
Thanks and watch your health.
Vin Koehler
Re: black screen 2 sec after Thinkpad logo
Welcome to the forum, Vin.
It sounds suspiciously like the lid sensor/magnet/switch (whatever there is on a W700ds) is stuck, making the laptop think that the lid is closed. Therefore, it turns the display off.
It sounds suspiciously like the lid sensor/magnet/switch (whatever there is on a W700ds) is stuck, making the laptop think that the lid is closed. Therefore, it turns the display off.
Thinkpad 25 (20K7), T490 (20N3), Yoga 14 (20FY), T430s (IPS FHD + Classic Keyboard), X220 4291-4BG
X61 7673-V2V, T60 2007-QPG, T42 2373-F7G, X32 (IPS Screen), A31p w/ Ultrabay Numpad
X61 7673-V2V, T60 2007-QPG, T42 2373-F7G, X32 (IPS Screen), A31p w/ Ultrabay Numpad
Re: black screen 2 sec after Thinkpad logo
Can't really be the reason, because the lid had not been closed for many sleep/wake cycles beforehand.
Vin
Vin
Re: black screen 2 sec after Thinkpad logo
Not suggesting that the lid has been closed, just that due to some malfunction the laptop thinks it's closed. I've seen similar symptoms due to this effect on other laptops. Unfortunately, I can't help you more than that, since I'm not familiar with the W700 series to know how this mechanism works there.
Thinkpad 25 (20K7), T490 (20N3), Yoga 14 (20FY), T430s (IPS FHD + Classic Keyboard), X220 4291-4BG
X61 7673-V2V, T60 2007-QPG, T42 2373-F7G, X32 (IPS Screen), A31p w/ Ultrabay Numpad
X61 7673-V2V, T60 2007-QPG, T42 2373-F7G, X32 (IPS Screen), A31p w/ Ultrabay Numpad
Re: black screen 2 sec after Thinkpad logo
Ok. But following an alternative tack I ask myself if the batterie's low charge could be the culprit. Although the machine is continuously on external supply there had been a low battery warning before. Could the said black screen be the result of a worn out battery?
Before buying a new battery I should like to verify my suspicion. How can I?
Vin
Before buying a new battery I should like to verify my suspicion. How can I?
Vin
Re: black screen 2 sec after Thinkpad logo
I have not heard of a single documented case where the symptoms you describe were caused by a battery issue.
Thinkpad 25 (20K7), T490 (20N3), Yoga 14 (20FY), T430s (IPS FHD + Classic Keyboard), X220 4291-4BG
X61 7673-V2V, T60 2007-QPG, T42 2373-F7G, X32 (IPS Screen), A31p w/ Ultrabay Numpad
X61 7673-V2V, T60 2007-QPG, T42 2373-F7G, X32 (IPS Screen), A31p w/ Ultrabay Numpad
Re: black screen 2 sec after Thinkpad logo
Dear dr_st,
following your initial hint I closed and opened the lid a few times and, Lo and behold! ... it's working again.
Thanks for your valuable and patient help.
Vin
following your initial hint I closed and opened the lid a few times and, Lo and behold! ... it's working again.
Thanks for your valuable and patient help.
Vin
Re: black screen 2 sec after Thinkpad logo
Happy I could help. Hope the problem does not come back! If it does, it means that some part in the lid (or the chassis) is malfunctioning, but generally it should not be too troublesome to replace.
Thinkpad 25 (20K7), T490 (20N3), Yoga 14 (20FY), T430s (IPS FHD + Classic Keyboard), X220 4291-4BG
X61 7673-V2V, T60 2007-QPG, T42 2373-F7G, X32 (IPS Screen), A31p w/ Ultrabay Numpad
X61 7673-V2V, T60 2007-QPG, T42 2373-F7G, X32 (IPS Screen), A31p w/ Ultrabay Numpad
Re: black screen 2 sec after Thinkpad logo
And there we are: The misbehavior is back again. I have dismantled the palm rest, cleaned, checked connetors. All to no avail.
By logging in via SSH I receive 'dmesg' allright but really have no clue what to look for. And 'xrandr' still reports 'Can't open Display'.
Before swapping hrdware I should really wish to have some kind of verification. And still I think that there should be some kind of message to be found on the terminal. Any suggestion?
Vin
By logging in via SSH I receive 'dmesg' allright but really have no clue what to look for. And 'xrandr' still reports 'Can't open Display'.
Before swapping hrdware I should really wish to have some kind of verification. And still I think that there should be some kind of message to be found on the terminal. Any suggestion?
Vin
blank screen 2 secs after Thinkpad logo
Greetings to you,
Thinkpad W700ds. Installed systems are Debian and Kali Linux. At startup the expected Thinkpad entry screen appears for ca 2 sec. Blindly I can select either system. On Kali the secondary screen had been activated and there the (verbose) boot sequece is beeing displayed. I can log in and thereafter the secondary screen shows my Kali background color. Meanwhile the main screen remains black.
I go to sleep mode via Fn + F4. After wakeup via Fn the main screen wakes up for about two sec, and the goes black again.
With Debian the secondare screen had not been activated. However I can SSH from a separate machine and work on the terminal. From 'dmesg' I get no clue.
How should I proceed?
Thanks and watch your health.
winkoe
Thinkpad W700ds. Installed systems are Debian and Kali Linux. At startup the expected Thinkpad entry screen appears for ca 2 sec. Blindly I can select either system. On Kali the secondary screen had been activated and there the (verbose) boot sequece is beeing displayed. I can log in and thereafter the secondary screen shows my Kali background color. Meanwhile the main screen remains black.
I go to sleep mode via Fn + F4. After wakeup via Fn the main screen wakes up for about two sec, and the goes black again.
With Debian the secondare screen had not been activated. However I can SSH from a separate machine and work on the terminal. From 'dmesg' I get no clue.
How should I proceed?
Thanks and watch your health.
winkoe
Re: blank screen 2 secs after Thinkpad logo
As a matter of fact there are two harddisks installed. After the bios-POST I'm free to select either for booting. One of them contains Debian, the other one hosts Kali and other Linuxes that I wanted to try out. All that worked fine for years.
But lately the screen goes blank even before I can select a drive. But booting continues into the default OS. Once there as indicated by the indicator LEDs, I can connect via SSH from a separate machine.
Removing any of the harddisks does'nt make the fault go away.
I was hoping that there might be some kind of message to be found about what goes wrong during POST. There are no beeps.
winkoe
But lately the screen goes blank even before I can select a drive. But booting continues into the default OS. Once there as indicated by the indicator LEDs, I can connect via SSH from a separate machine.
Removing any of the harddisks does'nt make the fault go away.
I was hoping that there might be some kind of message to be found about what goes wrong during POST. There are no beeps.
winkoe
Re: black screen 2 sec after Thinkpad logo
Winkoe,
I've merged your new topic with the exact same topic you've opened 2 weeks ago. This is not a Linux issue, and looks very much like a hardware issue, like I described. You may disagree with my analysis, and in fact, it is possible my assumption is wrong, but please do not double-post, ignoring previous discussions. This will likely get everyone confused and won't help you in solving the problem.
I've merged your new topic with the exact same topic you've opened 2 weeks ago. This is not a Linux issue, and looks very much like a hardware issue, like I described. You may disagree with my analysis, and in fact, it is possible my assumption is wrong, but please do not double-post, ignoring previous discussions. This will likely get everyone confused and won't help you in solving the problem.
Thinkpad 25 (20K7), T490 (20N3), Yoga 14 (20FY), T430s (IPS FHD + Classic Keyboard), X220 4291-4BG
X61 7673-V2V, T60 2007-QPG, T42 2373-F7G, X32 (IPS Screen), A31p w/ Ultrabay Numpad
X61 7673-V2V, T60 2007-QPG, T42 2373-F7G, X32 (IPS Screen), A31p w/ Ultrabay Numpad
Re: black screen 2 sec after Thinkpad logo
Use "ssh -X" instead of just "ssh". Read the ssh man page. xrandr is telling you that $DISPLAY is not set.
However then just typing xrandr will give you the details for the machine you are using to ssh into the W700ds.
Try using
xrandr -d :0.0 -q
instead (you don't need ssh -X in this case).
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