I'm installing Redhat 7.3 on a dell inspiron 3700. It was a pretty straight install. Gnome game up fine when I installed and worked for a couple of days. Then I closed the laptop's lid. ..

Now when every time I run 'startx', all I get is a blank screen. The only way out is a hard reboot. I've reinstalled the XFree86 via the RPM. That didn't help. I assume something in with power management is causing the problem, but can't find any hint of what to do next.

Thanks,
James

BTW, when I run "startx" there are no errors reported in the XFree86 log.

try hitting Fn F8

Thanks for the feedback. But pressing fn - f8 doesn't work. That would normally switch between crt and the lcd. Until I run 'startx' the laptop works correctly.

but I still have a blank screen with not errors when I start x.

Thanks again.

James

I was thinking it may resync the screen

oh well

linux 7.3 is not currently working properly on my system.
I tried to configure sound but the version of linux doesnot support the drivers required for the configuration of sound and the graphics card.As such the resolution is too bad to force me work into.only 640x480 is supported.
I tried Xconfigurator but all in vain.
My mother board is of intel 845 GBV ,1.7 GHz Pentium 4 processor,onboard sound and graphics with 256 DDR RAM.