Re: X kills console.

2005-09-11 Thread Jan Johansson
jared r r spiegel [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: i had the black screen after exiting X with an ATI AIW 7200. i used the gatos-bin drivers from ports and that issue went away. It seems like the gatos project has been merged into what will be called X.org X11R6.9/X11R7.0 and according to

Re: X kills console.

2005-09-04 Thread Adam Papai
Jan Johansson wrote: Per your suggestion I tried typing blindly. startx no reaction. shutdown -r now no reaction. cat process not viseable with ps -ax from ssh. Ctrl-D a number of times but w stills says root is logged in on console. However I did notice that the keyboard leds do react to

Re: X kills console.

2005-09-04 Thread Jan Johansson
Adam Papai [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: start X from the C0 Then it'll change to vt5. When the console remains black, try to alt+ctrl+F1 and then startx or cat or whatever. Sometimes it really freezes but no all time. I have a Clevo notebook with ATI 9600 and it happens 1-2 weeks but I can

X kills console.

2005-09-03 Thread Jan Johansson
Hello. Leaving the X virtual console the second time make the console die this happens both if I use Alt-Fn or exit X (both startx and xdm). Example: Log in as root on console. Type startx When X has loaded choose exit in the fvwm menu. Back at the prompt type startx again. Again choose exit in

Re: X kills console.

2005-09-03 Thread Adam Papai
Jan Johansson wrote: Hello. Leaving the X virtual console the second time make the console die this happens both if I use Alt-Fn or exit X (both startx and xdm). Example: Log in as root on console. Type startx When X has loaded choose exit in the fvwm menu. Back at the prompt type startx

Re: X kills console.

2005-09-03 Thread Jan Johansson
Adam Papai [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Never run X as root. What's happening if you try it as a user? The problem is exactly the same when running as an ordinary user. I used root to rule out permission probems. Should have been more clear on that sorry.

Re: X kills console.

2005-09-03 Thread Adam Papai
Jan Johansson wrote: Adam Papai [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Never run X as root. What's happening if you try it as a user? The problem is exactly the same when running as an ordinary user. I used root to rule out permission probems. Should have been more clear on that sorry. Ahh! I re-read

Re: X kills console.

2005-09-03 Thread Dave Feustel
On Saturday 03 September 2005 06:43, Jan Johansson wrote: Hello. Leaving the X virtual console the second time make the console die this happens both if I use Alt-Fn or exit X (both startx and xdm). Example: Log in as root on console. Type startx When X has loaded choose exit in the

Re: X kills console.

2005-09-03 Thread Jan Johansson
Adam Papai [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Ahh! I re-read your post. I know your problem. Sometimes ATI cards do this. I don't know why. But if you type startx again blind then your screen will probaby come back. It's the same with every Xorg and XFree86. Sometimes it happens to me as well. Per