I just finished installing CentOS 5 (again)... and I'm having trouble with my X config (I _think_).
If I 'startx' then switch to a console (using CTRL+ALT+F*) and then back to X (CTRL+ALT+F7), 1/2 the time it comes back, the other half I get a black screen and I can never recover the session.
X is still running (CTRL+ALT+Backspace kills it) but there seems to be some type of power saving or screensaver that kicks in and won't let the session restore...
Any hints on where to look? The X logs don't _seem_ to show anything...
- G.
On 9/26/07, semi linux linuxsemi@gmail.com wrote:
I just finished installing CentOS 5 (again)... and I'm having trouble with my X config (I _think_).
If I 'startx' then switch to a console (using CTRL+ALT+F*) and then back to X (CTRL+ALT+F7), 1/2 the time it comes back, the other half I get a black screen and I can never recover the session.
Under normal circumstances with a CentOS 5 install you should not need to run "startx" because GDM will already be running on console F7. Did you do something to disable GDM? If not, might it be that you have two X11 sessions battling for the same virtual console?
On 9/27/07, Bart Schaefer barton.schaefer@gmail.com wrote:
On 9/26/07, semi linux linuxsemi@gmail.com wrote:
I just finished installing CentOS 5 (again)... and I'm having trouble with my X config (I _think_).
If I 'startx' then switch to a console (using CTRL+ALT+F*) and then back to X (CTRL+ALT+F7), 1/2 the time it comes back, the other half I get a black screen and I can never recover the session.
Under normal circumstances with a CentOS 5 install you should not need to run "startx" because GDM will already be running on console F7. Did you do something to disable GDM? If not, might it be that you have two X11 sessions battling for the same virtual console?
I'm running a highly customized kickstarted install... GDM and a bunch of other daemons/servers are turned off... there is no other X running before I type startx.... thanks for the suggestion though - I hadn't actually thought of that one.
- G.
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semi linux