Video driver in the initrd.gz
Posted: 2015-03-19 Filed under: desktop, system | Tags: ati, firmware, initrd, kernel, radeon, RAM, reboot, resolution Leave a commentI have an ATI Radeon HD 6450 card. Sometimes upon boot, just when the console should switch to the screen native resolution, it apparently fails to do so. The screen goes black and the computer restarts. Read the rest of this entry »
Reboot instead of shut down
Posted: 2014-06-08 Filed under: desktop, system | Tags: laptop, power off, rc.local_shutdown, reboot, shutdown, slackware Leave a commentI have a Lenovo ThinkPad S430 laptop. Occasionally, when I want to shut down the machine, it would power off and a second later turn on again. Seems to happen more often when using the battery, but I am not sure. I am using XFCE and this happens when I select shut down
from the Log out
menu. This behaviour can be really annoying if you are on a hurry… Read the rest of this entry »