TW wrote: >> help after installing Xorg >> screen goes black and hangs up......when configuring it... >> >> tarun > > Issues I've had in the past: > > 1) Make sure you re-read the last of the Xorg section and see > if you > followed it exactly. > > 2) Make sure Xorg is sXid root. > > 3) Check our Xorg.log file. Maybe something's up with your > video card? > For example, I had to install the closed-source Nvidia file for my desktop > computer for > me to stop getting the black screen. Post your Xorg.log for us to read if > you run into > trouble. Also, if you can't do the ctrl-alt-del to get out of X, check and > see if you can > do it by exiting from your gui/window manager. > ----------------------------------------------------------
You are probably suffering a problem I had last year: -------- Original Message -------- Subject: Re: Xorg -configure hangs Date: Wed, 18 Nov 2009 21:21:53 +1100 From: Wayne Blaszczyk <[email protected]> Reply-To: BLFS Development List <[email protected]> To: BLFS Development List <[email protected]> References: <[email protected]> -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Claus Regelmann wrote: > When trying to configure the new Xorg-7.5-2 the system remains locally > unusable. > The system seems to hang, but you can establish a remote connection. > I found that the VMWARE-driver is responsible for the hang. Removing it > manually > from /usr/lib/X11/modules/drivers will fix the problem. > > Claus I also have a similar problem. To over come it, I need to remove the newport, vmware, and xgixp drivers from the above mentioned directory. Wayne. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.7 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFLA8rBhfgHoRhX2wIRAtO9AKCg9GxYeghNr7RB5IaVw0NwJaaw/QCfSf79 RXJuaeSkePAG/9zyfW0FE1g= =//rv -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/blfs-dev FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/faq.html Unsubscribe: See the above information page -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/blfs-support FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/faq.html Unsubscribe: See the above information page
