X Windows (woody) and M68K problem
Hi there,
OK - I'm not sure if this is an M68k problem or a generic problem, but since it
relates to my display, I thought I'd try here first.
As some of you will know, I've had some real problems getting linux installed at
all, but after successfully cludging a hybrid Potato with the 3.0 kernal
install, I decided to let apt loose and used dselect to upgrade everything (174
meg download over a dial up connection, which took a day and a half, so I'm
hoping to fix things rather than go back to Potato).
Anyway, xdm starts on booting linux, and was working fine (apart from a small
problem) using the 2.2 CDs. Since upgrading, however, as soon as X Windows
starts, the screen mode causes my monitor to loose sync, and it automatically
goes into standby mode, meaning I can't see anything. I've tried the
Ctrl-Alt-F1 keyboard combination to get back to the console (which is OK)
hoping to get some control back, but nothing happens. This particular 3 finger
salute has only worked sporadically anyway, so I can't even be sure it's
switching.
Using 2.2, I was using FBDev to manage the display. I assume somethin has
changed in either XF86Config, or fb.modes. I have both of the working configs
backed up, but since I can't see what's going on, I can't even attempt to
restore backups.
What I really need is to be able to disable xdm at startup (similar to booting
without startup-sequence on the Amiga) but I don't know how.
To make matters worse, some of the update failed owing to a lack of disk space
:o( I've freed some up so will be able to finish the update, when I can get
back into linux.
Any ideas, anyone? My hardware config is as per my sig.
All the best
Steve
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