Re: Please explain X strangeness

2010-10-02 Thread CamaleĆ³n
On Fri, 01 Oct 2010 14:56:04 -0400, Mark Neidorff wrote: (...) > Yesterday, I unhooked the 3rd PC > from the monitor (but left the cable hooked to the monitor with an > unattached end). Today when I tried to start X, even when I see the > output of the debian box on the monitor, I got an "out of

Please explain X strangeness

2010-10-01 Thread Mark Neidorff
Hi all, Debian Lenny system patched up using nvidia driver. I have a KVM switch because I am setting up a new machine. Normal behavior is that X starts just fine if the Debian box has KVM "focus" as it boots. If it doesn't have "focus" (I see the video from the other computer on the screen)