I run Mandrake 9.0. The log file is the same as Debian. I checked it and there are no error lines at all. There were a few warnings (WW) scattered through it, but no errors.
Katie --- "R. Douglas Barbieri" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Katie, what distro are you running by chance? On Debian, there is a log > file created called /var/log/XFree86.?.log (where ? is the screen > number; i.e. 0). It is a *very* detailed output of the last X session. > > If you have this file, peruse it, especially near the end, to see if > there are any obvious error (EE) lines. Either attach the file to your > next post, or make it available via http. > > Otherwise, I'm not sure about other distros, where the detailed X log is > kept. > > On Wed, 2003-08-13 at 17:36, Katie wrote: > > --- "R. Douglas Barbieri" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > On Wed, 2003-08-13 at 13:51, Katie wrote: > > > > It doesn't appear to be CPU overheating. Here's what happens: > > > > > > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] katie]$startx > > > > info scrolls by really fast > > > > screen blinks to black, then blinks back > > > > info pops up with version & release date blah, blah, default > > > settings > > > > using vt 7 > > > > > > > > waiting for x server to shut down > > > > > > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] katie]$ > > > > > > > > I'm totally clueless as to why this happened. I haven't made any > > > changes > > > > in months. > > > > > > > > > > Try just running "xinit". What happens then? Do you get a gui > session > > > with an xterm? Or does it exhibit the same behaviour? > > > > xinit does the same thing > > > > Katie > > > > __________________________________ > > Do you Yahoo!? > > Yahoo! SiteBuilder - Free, easy-to-use web site design software > > http://sitebuilder.yahoo.com > > _______________________________________________ > > vox-tech mailing list > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > http://lists.lugod.org/mailman/listinfo/vox-tech > -- > R. Douglas Barbieri > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://www.dooglio.net > > GPG Fingerprint : FE6A 6A57 2B95 7594 E534 BFEE 45F1 9E5E F30A 8A27 > MIT.edu recv-key: F6368A3D > GPG Public key : http://www.dooglio.net/dooglio.asc > > ATTACHMENT part 2 application/pgp-signature name=signature.asc ===== -- Only two things are necessary to keep a redhead happy. One is to let her think she is having her own way, and the other is to let her have it. :-) __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! SiteBuilder - Free, easy-to-use web site design software http://sitebuilder.yahoo.com _______________________________________________ vox-tech mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.lugod.org/mailman/listinfo/vox-tech
