Screen goes black when restarting X after changing resolution
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When your system boots up to the blank screen, that's X loading but not knowing how to "Talk" to your monitor.
At that point, you _should_ (assuming the system is indeed booting) be able to hit crtl-alt-F2/3/4 (etc) and get to a text based login. Think of it as alt-tab in windows.
After it goes black, there is nothing I can do, no how!
Oh please, someone help!
I have come so far, I do not want to give up now!
This leads me to believe that something is not happy with your setup. If you just get a black screen and you can't switch terminals away from X, something's wrong. :\
You might want to consider reinstalling, finding the specs for your monitor and making sure you put them in exactly right when you go through setup.
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