Default User wrote: > I just installed Etch Testing using the Netinst CD. Upon bootup, the > GDM dialog box appears, X starts with a rapidly vibrating image.... > <snip> > Obviously, this is annoying, but here's what I really worry about: the > computer is running while I'm away (maybe all day), and an all too > frequent temporary electrical power outage occurs. When the power comes > back on, the computer dutifully reboots, stalling at the GDM log in > point. It then spends hours frying the monitor and/or graphics card . . > . or worse. Much worse. > > Is there a solution? >
I don't know the real solution (other than tinkering with /etc/X11/xorg.conf until the real problem is fixed), but a work-around is simply to de-activate the automatic startup of X. Uninstall [xwgk]dm. Then just run "startx" when you want to start X. -- Kent West Westing Peacefully <http://kentwest.blogspot.com> -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
