On 9/27/07, Bart Schaefer <barton.schaefer at gmail.com> wrote: > On 9/26/07, semi linux <linuxsemi at 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.