I brought my computer to the installfest but they weren't able to get x working. I'd like to be able to just get rid of everything X related and then try to do a clean setup of X where I understand every step. How should I do that? And anyway I haven't seen any sign that the flickering login screen is at all related to X. If it was the graphical X kind of login screen that was flickering and then it went to a stable text login screen then that would be that, but it is the plain old text login screen that is flickering. > It is true that X won't work. But I don't think it shoudld be starting > up > before I login anyway. My login screen is just plain old text.
If your *observation* is that X shouldn't be starting up before you log=20 in (because when your login prompt finally appears, it's a text-based=20 login), then I ought to explain to you that there is a classification=20 of software called "display managers" whose purpose is to start the X=20 server at startup and then display a graphical login box. If your X=20 server is not working, then your computer will try 3 times to start the=20 X server before it gives up. During this time, your screen may blink or=20 flicker as the X server tries to switch to a graphical display. The=20 solution to this problem is to get your X server configured correctly=20 (and this will cause you to get a graphical login at startup) or to=20 disable the display manager (this will cause you to get a text-based=20 login at startup).=20 If your *philosophy* is that it shouldn't be starting up before you log=20 in, then make sure your display managers (gdm, xdm, kdm, wdm) are=20 disabled/uninstalled. -- http://www.fastmail.fm - Consolidate POP email and Hotmail in one place _______________________________________________ vox-tech mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.lugod.org/mailman/listinfo/vox-tech