Re: configuring X
As I recall, CTRL-ALT-F1, issued multiple times will break you out
of this. If you started from the first tty, you might have to use
CTL-ALT-F2. Then you can kill X from the console. Hope this helps.
Paul
Rubbish5@aol.com wrote:
: X is a big meanie :-)
: Okay, well actually it's my own inability to configure my video properly (I
: *think* that's what's going on at least.) So my setup: I'm using Debian
: 2.2. I just did a full upgrade of whatever Debian's newest of everything is,
: so I'm not quite sure what version of X I've got, but I'm pretty much
: positive it's 3.6 or greater. My computer is a Compaq Presario 1800XL 190
: Laptop. My video card is an ATI Rage Mobility AGP, although when you really
: get into the diagnostics it's listed as "ATI Rage Mobility p", which is one
: of the cards I can choose when using xf86config. I've been told what refresh
: rates to use by several people, and I haven't fried my monitor, so I'm set
: there. As far as RAMDAC, I'm a little stuck there, the closest I found was a
: diagnostic that read "DAC: Internal" but I just type 'q' for that one since
: it says it can generally auto-detect. Clockchip I do without, and I use the
: Mach-64 server, which is what my card is meant to be used with. So the
: problem is really simple to describe :-) I type 'startx' and I get a nice
: little flicker of what's probably X for aprox .5 seconds, and then the screen
: goes blank. I can't power off my computer, so I have to yank the powercord
: and the battery out. Ctrl + Alt + Backspace also does not work. Any help is
: much appreciated!
: -Chris
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