On Mon, 2003-03-24 at 14:34, Tom wrote: > Debian runs smoothly as long as I use X. The system boots fine, I > land at the prompt, enter 'startx' when I feel the need to do so. > When I want to switch back, however, from X to console, my monitor > blanks, reporting it's "out of range". > > Indeed, the refreshing rates it then mentions are too high for it > to handle. It's quite frustrating, however. I am bound to using X > all the time, since I can't freely switch from X to console and > back: when I make the switch, there's no other option than to > reboot, although my X-configfile specifies refreshing rates that > are more than safe to use.
And I thought I was the only one... I use WindowMaker, and when I try to quit X (ctl-alt-bs or Exit from the menu), my LCD (often) turns white at the edges and the white slowly moves in until every pixel is all the way on. Then I reboot. How do you log out, just pull the plug? Where does your system write about the bad refresh rates? I'm currently quiting X with "sync;sync;sync;killall WindowMaker." Not very elegant, but it seems to work so far. I've seen this mentioned on the list before, and I keep watching, but so far none of the gurus have explained it. -- Glenn English [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
