kernel / video problem

[gboyce at badbelly.com (gboyce)]

On Mon, 11 Dec 2006, Bill Mills-Curran wrote:

> After rebooting to runlevel 5, I could not get back to graphics mode,
> at least a visible graphics screen.  Although I can sometimes get a
> graphics screen showing boot progress, it never gets to the splash
> screen.  Everything from the text/console screens looks normal.  I
> have not found any errors in the system log.  I've tried switching
> monitors, and get the same result.

By "Graphics Mode", are you referring to X or a frame buffer console?

If it's X, have you tried looking at the X server logs?  The log should be 
found in /var/log, and would either be named Xorg.0.log or XFree86.0.log. 
It's generally pretty informative if you read through it.

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Greg Boyce

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