black screen after xorg restart or logging out

halmix · n00b Joined: 06 Jun 2004 Posts: 3

hi,

when i restart my xserver the screen goes black (or crazy colors) and the system hangs complitly. the same thing happens when i log out in fluxbox.

i'm using:
xorg
fluxbox
2.6.5 dev-sources

thx for help.

li1_getoo · l33t Joined: 20 Oct 2002 Posts: 661 Location: Queens , NY

i am not sure i can help much but
did u use xfree previously , if u did remove ur xorg.conf ... xorg will use ur old config
check ur kernel see if ur video card is compiled and if its a module load it
rerun the xorgconfig
good luck !

p.s. if u using vga remove it from ur grub.conf or lilo.conf

phliver · n00b Joined: 22 Nov 2002 Posts: 1

im having the exact same problem. let me know if you ever found out why this happens or how to fix it. It also happens with gnome. im pretty sure its an xorg related problem

ROJO · n00b Joined: 30 Sep 2004 Posts: 13

i get this is I have the 'nvidia' driver called out in my xorg.conf. reverting it to 'nv' keeps it from crashing, but you lose hardware acceleration.

just a workaround for now.