On Mon, Jun 27, 2005 at 08:27:43AM -0500, Kent West wrote: > Mark Fletcher wrote: > > >BUT -- now X is shot. If I try to start X either using > >GDM or startx, it starts up but then... my monitor > >goes into power saving mode!!! And nothing can get it > >to come out of it other than Ctrl-Alt-F1, login as > >root (without being able to see what I am doing) then > >shutdown -r now... Even Ctrl-Alt-BkSpc doesn't work... > > > > > If GDM starts, then the X server is functioning. So the problem must be > with your window manager/environment. Try something simple, like icewm > or fluxbox, and let us know the results. > > -- > Kent
Does your monitor shut off before or after you try to log in. I had lots of trouble when I used xdm. I switched to gdm, and still had trouble. But the nice thing about gdm is that I can specify what window manager to use each time I log in. This allows me to experiment, I hand-upgraded icewm and gdm, and then icewm worked. I never got KDE to work, though. -- hendrik > > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] > -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
