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
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