On Fri, Nov 15, 2002 at 01:01:29AM -0800, Tim F. wrote: > At 11:35 PM 11/14/2002 -0500, you wrote:
[...] > >In my experience, X going to a black screen means > >that the driver is fine and the video card is > >fine and there is nothing wrong with the font > >server. The problem is likely just a matter of > >finding the right modeline for your video card > >and monitor combination. Most likely is that the > >video card is exceeding one of the ranges on the > >monitor. The monitor recognizes this and just > >doesn't display anything. > > > >To debug, use runlevel 3 and start X manually: > ># /tmp/start_ws > /tmp/x.log & > Not sure if you were thinking of my recent post about a X problems - but > just in case... The first time the clients are booted everything is > perfect, X starts cleanly and stays stable - until I reboot the > clients. During the second and subsequent attempts to boot, the client > appears to connect to the server just fine but when it should start X, all > the screen does is go blank with occasional flashes. In addition to Jasons notes, I think that "occasional flashes" sounds like X is restarting and not succeeds. Are the terminals configured to rely on xfs? I have seen "black screen of death" on terminals trying with the wrong X server. They where completely unoperational (did not even answer pings). But that is most unlikely in your case since they can start X cleanly on the first try. -- Hans Ekbrand (http://sociologi.cjb.net) <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> GnuPG key: 1024D/7050614E Fingerprint: 1408 C8D5 1E7D 4C9C C27E 014F 7C2C 872A 7050 614E Key available at wwwkeys.nl.pgp.net Encrypted emails prefered.
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