On Friday 15 May 2009 13:34:45 Florian Kulzer wrote: > 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?
Yes, with either. > In case you cannot switch back, can you shut down the system with > CTRL-ALT-DEL Yes. > , or log in "blindly" and run commands? (e.g. "touch > ~/testfile") Yes. > 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.) I don't know what ALT-SysRq is for, but nothing happened. > Also, after an attempt to go to console, what is the output of: > > grep -E '^\((EE|WW)\)' /var/log/Xorg.0.log WW) The directory "/usr/share/fonts/X11/cyrillic" does not exist. (WW) Warning, couldn't open module type1 (EE) Failed to load module "type1" (module does not exist, 0) (WW) NVIDIA: No matching Device section for instance (BusID PCI:0:1:3) found (EE) Error compiling keymap (server-0) (EE) XKB: Couldn't compile keymap -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
