Re: xserver wont run

[Andreas Janssen <andreas.janssen@bigfoot.com>]

Hello

Bobby Lockett wrote:

> Everytime I boot Linux, it appears to startup fine. After startup, my
> computer normally loads gdm and the greeter appears. Now everytime I
> boot, the computer seems like it wants to load gdm, but then I get a
> black screen with a bunch of grey squares that look like cursors. I dont
> know if the nVidia drivers are messed up or if my video card is busted,
> but some insight would be nice. System specs:

You should take a look at the X error log file (/var/lof/XFree86.?.log)
and maybe post it here (or at least the lines with an (EE)), because
without any further information it is nearly impossible to find out why
it doesn't work.

best regards
        Andreas Janssen

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