I had something quite similar when starting XFree4.0.1 after a boot sequence in frame buffer mode (the machine was completly frozen).
After booting in a normal text mode X started without any problem. My card is an S3 virge dx. bye Quoting Kevin Brosius <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Robert Norris wrote: > > > > > > Hi all, > > > > Until recently, I've had XFree86 from potato installed on my Toshiba > > Satellite Pro 490XCDT, without issue. This laptop has a S3 ViRGE/MX > > video chip, so I was using xserver-svga 3.3.6-11. > > > > Today I upgraded the system to woody. xserver-xfree86 4.0.2-1 was > > installed. > > > > After configuring and starting the server, the screen went blank and > the > > system hung. The machine did not respond to pings from the network, > and > > the Alt-SysRQ-<x> key combo did nothing. > > Rob. > There's also a small chance that trying: > > Option "noaccel" > Option "usefb" "no" > > one at a time in the device section of XF86Config might make a > difference. (These are work-arounds. If they show improvement it helps > us narrow down the bug.) > > -- > Kevin >
