On Fri, Dec 28, 2007 at 06:32:01PM +0100, Paul Csanyi wrote: > When I type startx then it runs and on the end I get a blank screen > and then I get the Virtual Terminal back again. > > This was yesterday.
The next step, missing from this description, should be to look at the logs to see what happened. > Today I purge the wdm, xserver-xorg, and install xserver-xorg > but without wdm again. > > I try now to get X Window with startx, but without success. > > I think I go to reinstall the Etch system. :( A non-destructive option might be to boot a live CD system (e.g., Ubuntu, Knoppix, ...) and have a look at what it does to get X working, assuming that it does work of course. -- Ken Irving, [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]