As I recall, CTRL-ALT-F1, issued multiple times will break you out of this. If you started from the first tty, you might have to use CTL-ALT-F2. Then you can kill X from the console. Hope this helps.
Paul [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: : X is a big meanie :-) : Okay, well actually it's my own inability to configure my video properly (I : *think* that's what's going on at least.) So my setup: I'm using Debian : 2.2. I just did a full upgrade of whatever Debian's newest of everything is, : so I'm not quite sure what version of X I've got, but I'm pretty much : positive it's 3.6 or greater. My computer is a Compaq Presario 1800XL 190 : Laptop. My video card is an ATI Rage Mobility AGP, although when you really : get into the diagnostics it's listed as "ATI Rage Mobility p", which is one : of the cards I can choose when using xf86config. I've been told what refresh : rates to use by several people, and I haven't fried my monitor, so I'm set : there. As far as RAMDAC, I'm a little stuck there, the closest I found was a : diagnostic that read "DAC: Internal" but I just type 'q' for that one since : it says it can generally auto-detect. Clockchip I do without, and I use the : Mach-64 server, which is what my card is meant to be used with. So the : problem is really simple to describe :-) I type 'startx' and I get a nice : little flicker of what's probably X for aprox .5 seconds, and then the screen : goes blank. I can't power off my computer, so I have to yank the powercord : and the battery out. Ctrl + Alt + Backspace also does not work. Any help is : much appreciated! : -Chris : -- : Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null -- *********************** Running Debian Linux *********************** * For God so loved the world that He gave his only begotten Son, * * that whoever believes in Him should not perish... John 3:16 * * W. Paul Mills * Topeka, Kansas, U.S.A. * * EMAIL= [EMAIL PROTECTED] * WWW= http://Mills-USA.com/ * * Bill, I was there several years ago, why would I want to go back? * ************* pgp public key on keyservers everywhere? *************/ --