Black Screen issue in VMWare

EtrnlApocalypse · 03-15-2005, 09:06 PM

I just recently decided to install Slackware 10 on vmware, ran into some usualy problems that i found solutions to....but i have my own problem which no one seems to have had yet....

Anyways....i install Slackware, system restarts, lilo starts, then i boot linux...all is find and dandy, i login then i go to startx....and i get a black screen and it never goes away....i'm not to sure what could be the problem.....any suggestions for solutions are welcome, thanks!

qneill · 03-15-2005, 10:04 PM

A black screen is usually either a mismatch between your video HW and the XFree86 configuration, or a video card miconfigured for the monitor.

What kind of video card? What kind of monitor?

The various ways to configure, startup, and debug X11 have evolved over the years. This might help:
http://en.tldp.org/HOWTO/XFree86-HOWTO/

Try to find the log created by XFree86 (rh9: /var/log/XFree86.0.log) and look for any errors.

Try to find your XF86Config file (rh9: /etc/X11/XF86Config) and examine the settings and compare that to your video card.

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Qneill

kornerr · 03-16-2005, 10:42 AM

If you would be in a "real" machine, you should first run "xorgconfig" to be able to use X Window. I think that's the problem.
And while you're in vm, you CANNOT switch over consoles by pressing <Ctrl+Alt+F1> to <Ctrl+Alt+F6>, because vmware uses left <Ctrl>,<Alt> itself to get out of the full screen mode.