Re: X causes system 'black screeen of death'
DeanFujioka said:
> Hi All,
>
> When I boot my new install of Woody, I can see boot messages until it
> loads gdm, then the screen goes black. At this point I can't press the
> Numlock key to get the light to go on/off. I can't change terminals
> either (Alt+Ctrl+F2), Alt+F4, etc.
you don't include much details. luckily your redhat is working, I
reccomend comparing the X config between debian and redhat and see
what is different. Also check what video chip you have, it may not
be fully supported(or at all) in the version of X that ships with
the default debian system. Especially some newer ATI cards I have
heard that require XF86 4.2 to work right, Debian stable ships with
XF86 4.1
nate
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