Re: X causes system 'black screeen of death'

Nate- the output to X.log is below. I think it didn't work the first time because I inserted a space before the &... On Friday 01 November 2002 10:04 am, nate wrote: > startx >&/home/user/X.log > xauth:  creating new authority file /home/dean/.Xauthority xauth:  creating new authority file /hom

Re: X causes system 'black screeen of death'

Nate- On Thursday 31 October 2002 08:05 pm, nate wrote: > DeanFujioka said: > > Hi All, > > > > When I boot my new install of Woody, I can see boot messages until it > > loads  gdm, then the screen goes black. At this point I can't press the > > Numlock key  

X causes system "black screeen of death"

Hi All, When I boot my new install of Woody, I can see boot messages until it loads gdm, then the screen goes black. At this point I can't press the Numlock key to get the light to go on/off. I can't change terminals either (Alt+Ctrl+F2), Alt+F4, etc. The only way I can get to a login prompt