On Fri, May 15, 2009 at 11:15:10 -0400, Ed Jabbour wrote: > On Friday 15 May 2009 02:22:06 Andrei Popescu wrote: > > On Thu,14.May.09, 20:57:29, Ed Jabbour wrote: > > > I can't get to a console from X. I.e., alt-ctrl-f1, 2 .... get me only a > > > black screen with no prompt. The same thing happens if I try "console > > > login" from kdm. inittab is the default. Graphics driver NVidia > > > 173.14.09. Any hints, pointers, appreciated. > > > > Does 'chvt 1' (as root) work? What Debian version (lenny/stable, ...) > > are you using? > > Running lenny. No, chvt 1 gets me the same black screen.
Can you switch back to X with ALT-F7 or CTRL-ALT-F7 after this happens? In case you cannot switch back, can you shut down the system with CTRL-ALT-DEL, or log in "blindly" and run commands? (e.g. "touch ~/testfile") If all the above fails, does ALT-SysRq still work? (We have to find out if you have a temporary problem with the video mode, a permanent one, or a complete lock-up of the system.) Also, after an attempt to go to console, what is the output of: grep -E '^\((EE|WW)\)' /var/log/Xorg.0.log (If you have to reboot and X starts again, use /var/log/Xorg.0.log.old to check for errors and warnings of the previous run.) -- Regards, | http://users.icfo.es/Florian.Kulzer Florian | -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
