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Don't know the problem, however, CTRL-ALT-Backspace should restart X without having to reboot.
Then have a look at /var/log/messages and the latest version of /var/log/XFree86.x.log. (You can see which is the latest one with
ls -lrt /var/log/XF* and see the datestamp
to see if there is any errors indicating what is causing the problem.
i did try to update my video drives one time but i dont really know how exactly to do it. the instrustions were very vague. is there a generic set of directions to follow or is it hardware specific?
hope it not a Sis video card, i'm allways get the same trouble with this kinds of product and you should change your video card setting to lowest value ( use Vesa default ) and lift the value step by step, i never can up to 32 bit color with a Sis card
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hope it not a Sis video card, i'm allways get the same trouble with this kinds of product and you should change your video card setting to lowest value ( use Vesa default ) and lift the value step by step, i never can up to 32 bit color with a Sis card 
