Date: Mon, 17 Jul 2006 12:56:00 -0400 From: "Jim Stapleton" <stapleton.41@gmail.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Blank screen after existing X windows Message-ID: <80f4f2b20607170956y4dc024ccsad9d1b3461824e4e@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <44BB5C6F.2010504@gmail.com> References: <44BB4F34.7020709@gmail.com> <80f4f2b20607170218l4780a299s245198149f3b7f9@mail.gmail.com> <44BB5C6F.2010504@gmail.com>
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On 7/17/06, Martin Miedema <martin.miedema@gmail.com> wrote: > Jim Stapleton wrote: > > On 7/17/06, Martin Miedema <martin.miedema@gmail.com> wrote: > >> I just installed FreeBSD 6.1 on my Thinkpad T23 (one of my first times > >> using FreeBSD) and after wrestling my self through configuring X I'm > >> having the following problem: > >> > >> X starts correctly and opens KDE but when I log it out it just shows a > >> blank screen. I can blindly type shutdown -p now or startx (which starts > >> X again normally. > >> > >> The only way for me to shutdown X without facing the blank screen > >> appears to be by using CTRL-F1 and pressing CTRL+C > >> > >> Please let me know if you need any configuration files or logs etc. > >> > >> Thanks in advance, > >> > >> Martin Miedema. > >> _______________________________________________ > >> freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > >> http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > >> To unsubscribe, send any mail to > >> "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > >> > > > > You might want to post the end of your xorg log file as of the error > > (go to a non-x console after logging out of X but before restarting > > it, grab the last full entry) > > > > I had this issue before, it was caused by not having X setup right (I > > think I loaded a module it didn't like or had the driver settings > > slightly off), either way, making the config file slightly more > > conservative with the driver fixed it. I can't remember what I did, > > but the xorg.conf file made the error pretty obvious. > > > > -Jim Stapleton > > _______________________________________________ > > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > > To unsubscribe, send any mail to > > "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > > > I have uploaded my Xorg.0.log / Xorg.0.log.old and xorg.conf in a zip > file which is available at: http://cyberswordshideout.tk/bsdstuff.zip > > Thanks, > > Martin. > Please put the file in the mail to the newsgroup, or if you really don't want to put it here, host the plain-text, and not in an archive. Thanks, -Jim
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