Casey Henderson wrote: > > Hi, > I'm getting some weird display behavior in X and I need some help. I > do a lot of work using virtual consoles. Quite often when I'm in a > virtual console, if I press ctrl-alt-f7 to get back to X, my screen > goes blank. I try to go back to a virtual console by pressing > ctrl-alt-f1 (or f2 - f6) and the screen remains blank. I have to > reboot the computer by either pressing ctrl-alt-delete (which usually > works) or by pressing the reset button or power switch. This wouldn't > be so bad if it were a once-in-a-while thing, but it happens very > often, like more than once a day. One of the reasons I switched to > Linux from Windoze was because I could keep it running for > days/weeks/months without having to reboot. With this weird behavior > I'm getting, I have to reboot my computer several times a day, which > isn't much better than Windoze. Can anybody help me out here? Thanks.
You could have a look at your videocard and stuff... What Xserver are you running ? What's your videocard. There are many things you have to specifiy before someone else can answer it. Regards, Digital Overdrive -- Alt.hack.nl FAQ : http://www.dsinet.org/hackfaq Dutch Security Information Network : http://www.dsinet.org E-mail : [EMAIL PROTECTED] IRCNet : #dsinet