<html> <head> <base href="https://bugs.freedesktop.org/" /> </head> <body> <div> <a class="bz_bug_link bz_status_NEEDINFO " title="NEEDINFO --- - [hsw] Colors seem inverted on Dell 3737 Laptop IntelHD4400" href="https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=74167#c47">Comment # 47</a> on <a class="bz_bug_link bz_status_NEEDINFO " title="NEEDINFO --- - [hsw] Colors seem inverted on Dell 3737 Laptop IntelHD4400" href="https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=74167">bug 74167</a> from <a class="email" href="mailto:charles_smee@yahoo.com" title="Charles <charles_smee@yahoo.com>"> Charles</a> <pre>I was able to get normal graphics on my Dell Inspiron 17 3737 running Linux Mint 16 dual-booted with Windows 8.1, using UEFI with secure boot disabled. For the first time, I get normal, non-inverted colors while using all the Linux software packages I've tried, including applications, internet, and a commercial DVD movie with the VLC player. I did the following: 1) Installed fglrx-pxpress using the Software Manager. fglrx was already installed. This caused Xorg to fail to load, followed by a black screen. However, I rebooted into recovery mode. 2) While booting in recovery mode, saying yes to the question of accessing archived data packages. 3) At a stage in the recovery process, a menu appears that is headed by "resume". This menu allows me to run "dpkg" to repair broken packages. I do so. 4) After this, the same recovery menu reappears, and I run "resume". When the computer finishes booting, the graphics are normal. The resolution of the screen was reset to 1600x900 with a refresh rate of 77Hz (this is up from the 13??x??? value, with 60Hz refresh, that I set to make the "inverted colors" graphics more useable). Also, the monitor is no longer identified as "Seiko-Epson" but is now "Unknown". The fly in this marvelous ointment is that steps 2-4, above, must be followed every time I boot up. Also, trying to place the computer in either suspend or hibernate causes Xorg to fail, with a black screen. The only way to recover is rebooting in recovery mode as above. But, rebooting using steps 2-4, above, is abosolutely repeatable -- time after time. If anyone can make sense of what's happening here and, more importantly, how to make permanent the beneficial changes wrought by installing "fglrx-pxpress" and running "dpkg" while rebooting in recovery mode, I'd certainly be very pleased to know. But, what a pleasure it is to see images of strawberries that are red instead of green! Thanks in advance for a little more assistance from the knowledgeable, Charles</pre> </div> <hr> You are receiving this mail because: <ul> <li>You are the QA Contact for the bug.</li> <li>You are on the CC list for the bug.</li> </ul> </body> </html>