Re: Black screen before login
On Tue, 1 May 2007 08:37:33 -0300 (ART)
Renato Gondim Filho <gondim2@yahoo.com.br> wrote:
> I tried the command '/etc/init.d/gdm restart && tail
> -f /var/log/Xorg.0.log', but it didn't work. The black screen
> appeared instead of the output.
Did you try ctrl-alt-f1 to return to the console from which you issued
the command?
> But looking at the Xorg.0.log, this
> message appears many times:
>
> (WW) Open ACPI failed (/var/run/acpid.socket) (No such file or
> directory)
>
> It could be this?
Unfortunately, no. It is just a warning that the X server cannot use
ACPI for power management.
>
> Thanks.
>
> Liam O'Toole <liam.p.otoole@gmail.com> escreveu: On Sun, 29 Apr 2007
> 11:15:47 -0300 (ART) Renato Gondim Filho wrote:
>
> > Sorry about my ignorance, some conventions I don't know well (yeat),
> > but "virtual console" means a command line in Terminal? If it´s
> > correct, I should do this:
> >
> > tail -f /var/log/Xorg.0.log
> >
> > Thanks.
>
> What I am suggesting is that you try the following.
>
> 1. Switch to a virtual console using the key combination ctrl-alt-f1.
> 2. Login as root.
> 3. Issue the command '/etc/init.d/gdm restart && tail
> -f /var/log/Xorg.0.log'. Here I assume that GDM is your display
> manager. 4. The previous step will probably take you to the login
> screen (even though the login prompt hasn't appeared). If so, repeat
> step 1 to return to the virtual console. 5. Watch the progress of
> output as you follow the log file. Is there a point at which the
> output pauses for a long time? 6. You can toggle to the login screen
> at any time using ctrl-alt-f7.
>
> Good luck.
>
>
>
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