I don't know what to make of your problem with the screen
flashing on and off. Is this a laptop? It sounds like maybe
a power management thing.
As for startx not working, we'll need to see the /var/log/XFree86.0.log
file. Everything needed to diagnose a failure to start X should
be in there.
Mark.
On Fri, 10 Feb 2006, Robert Mckeon wrote:
> After my computer boots, the screen and the keyboard flash off every
> few seconds, and then they flash back on. They are on while the
> computer is booting, but after that, I can't get them to stay on. Also,
> the startx (or xstart, whichever one it is) does not work, and I don't
> know why. This all started when the system gave me some error with
> graphical interface, and I ignored it. So now my computer with linux
> can't be used at all. How do I fix this?
>
> -Robert
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