Perhaps you can post the relevant output from /var/log/messages Ian
------------ Dr Ian Firla Robert Graves Trust | "A partial count of the software available St John's College, Oxford | in just one noncommerical Linux system OX1 3JP - +44-(0)7855-310565 | would have cost about $1.9 billion to develop http://www.robertgraves.org | ... the way Microsoft does it" Bruce Perens On Fri, 17 Jan 2003, Shriram NK wrote: > Hello, > I do not know if this is the proper forum, if not my apologies and a pointer to >FAQ/user group to solve my problem will be greatly appreciated. > > The problem: > I have a HP Pavillion N3390 Laptop > Monitor adapter - Silicon Lynx 3DM > Monitor - Unknown (14 " laptop display panel) > RH 7.1 being run > The OS has been installed and set to run in text mode. > After running 'Xconfigurator' and setting up Vertical frequencies, Display type, etc >; the configurator makes a 'test display' of KDE desktop properly. Subsequently when >'startx' is given the X session starts up, but within 5 seconds while its still >initializing the peripherals, the screen goes blank. ctrl-alt-+ OR ctrl-alt-minus OR >ctrl-alt-backspace do not seem to have any effect and I have to reboot. Doesnt even >go back to text mode !!! > > I have followed most readily accessible RH FAQs and XFree86 FAQs and tried various >things without luck. > A solution to above will be greatly appreciated, an explanation of this peculiar >behaviour, even more so. > regards > sriram > _______________________________________________ Seawolf-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/seawolf-list
