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Re: [suse-multimedia-e] problem exiting X
- From: Patrick Shanahan <ptilopteri@xxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Fri, 25 Nov 2005 09:10:37 -0500
- Message-id: <20051125141037.GN7877@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
* Tim Hanson <tjhanson98@xxxxxxxxxxx> [11-25-05 00:57]:
> Skipping all window managers, i.e., simply typing "/usr/bin/X11/X" at the
> command line in runlevel 3, then pulling the rug out
> wiith <crtl><alt><backspace> gives a normal exit to a good console.
>
> Is there something I can put in .xinit or somewhere that will fix this?
Sounds like gdm/kdm/xdm is setting your video card into a mode that it
cannot recover from when dropping to text mode. Have you gone to
runlevel 3 and ran 'sax2' to properly set your video parameters?
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> Skipping all window managers, i.e., simply typing "/usr/bin/X11/X" at the
> command line in runlevel 3, then pulling the rug out
> wiith <crtl><alt><backspace> gives a normal exit to a good console.
>
> Is there something I can put in .xinit or somewhere that will fix this?
Sounds like gdm/kdm/xdm is setting your video card into a mode that it
cannot recover from when dropping to text mode. Have you gone to
runlevel 3 and ran 'sax2' to properly set your video parameters?
--
Patrick Shanahan Registered Linux User #207535
http://wahoo.no-ip.org @ http://counter.li.org
HOG # US1244711 Photo Album: http://wahoo.no-ip.org/gallery2
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