At 10:40 AM 8/24/99 -0500, Preston Landers wrote:
>Damon Parker writes:
> > I have played with the monitor refresh settings since the problem began,
> > other than that the config is the same. Using just startx (no params) to
> > start. I even installed windows on the box to see if it would come up
> (and
> > it had fine video, maybe not the same refresh rates though.)
>
>1) try going back to the refresh rates you had before, if possible
done to no avail
>2) try startx -- -bpp 16 (i.e., make sure you're entering a bit-depth
>that your card/configuration actually supports.)
>
> > Blackbox wm was the only new thing that I had installed. I used it for a
> > while then went back to enlightenment. The problem started when I
> rebooted
> > many hours later.
>
>How did you 'go back'? Did you edit /etc/X11/window-managers? I'm
>not sure of the 'Red Hat Way'.
Using the gnome control panel you can select and config a wm.
> > Could I have screwed up only one of the sync rates on the monitor? It
> is a
> > quite old monitor. But that wouldn't explain my box locking up.
>
>It's possible that your monitor is damaged, but I've never personally
>seen that happenning.
>
>Can you kill the X server with Ctrl-Alt-Delete? What about switch to
>a different console with Ctrl-Alt-F1? If you can do that, you can
>kill the X server gracefully. If you have a network you might also be
>able to telnet in and kill it.
Local input locks up. Will not accept anything but a hard reboot (power
off or reset button). However I have rebooted using linuxconf through swat
over my network. That was what was really odd to me. The local keyboard
locks up completely! So I am sure telnet would work also. WIll try.
>If all else fails, check the video card and/or try a different
>monitor.
>
>---Preston
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