JEMF wrote:
Florian Kulzer escreveu:I assume that you have set up your system such that it boots to a console (shell), then you log in and start XFree86 manually with "startx" or "xinit". Is that correct?Yes. #startx.While X is running you should be able to switch to one of the six consoles by pressing CTRL + ALT + Fx, ... Does this work?No. I tried. The terminals remains off (black).Try to log out from X again and when you hang at the black screen press CTRL + ALT + F1. This should return you to the console from which you started X. Do you see any error messages? Is the console busy or do you have a prompt ($ sign + blinking cursor)?Don't work. All black...If necessary, go to the CTRL + ALT + F2 console,black... log in and check thecontents of the file .xsession-errors in your user's home directory.What are the last messages in that file?Don't have relevant errors.Furthermore, run the command egrep "^\((EE|WW)\)" /var/log/XFree86.0.log
That looks like you have a problem with video mode switching. You can
test this by starting X, going to the CTRL + ALT + F2 console and trying
to cause a reboot. Of course, since your screen is black you have to log
in as root and issue the "reboot" command without seeing what you type.
If your system does reboot after that you know that everything works
fine except for the display. In that case it is probably best if you
start a new thread with a subject like "video mode switching problem
with XXX", where XXX is the name of your graphics card. That is more
likely to attract the attention of someone with specific knowledge about
your graphics hardware. You should also include the relevant part of
your /etc/X11/XF86Config-4 file. (The section which has the name of your
video card in it.) If you do not know the exact name of your graphics
card look at the output of "lspci" and find the line which says "VGA
compatible controller" or something similar.
Regards,
Florian