Problems with Xconfiguration file

TomJoad23 · 10-26-2004, 03:50 PM

Hi,
I needed some help on what I think is a problem with a corrupted Xconfiguration file. I left my computer while it was running a program and when I came back, it looked like the screensaver had initialized but had frozen. I cold rebooted the computer, and everything initialized ok but when the screen that I log into was supposed to come up, I get instead the image that the machine had frozen of, i.e, the image of the screensaver. Does anyone know how I can fix this and boot into my system? Thanks!

Tinkster · 10-26-2004, 04:32 PM

What is your graphics adapter?

I've seen "old images" as a flash-back after a
soft-boot/reset before the actual driver gets initialised.

To get rid of the image power-cycle the machine
and leave it turned off for at least 15 seconds.

Cheers,
Tink

TomJoad23 · 10-26-2004, 07:47 PM

Hey Tink,
I'm not really sure what my graphics adaptor is. The system has been power cycled several times, and has been left powered down overnight, so I can't see what the problem could be. Thanks!

-Puneeth

Tinkster · 10-26-2004, 07:58 PM

How old is the thing?

:)

Can I see the output of
lspci -v
?

Cheers,
Tink

TomJoad23 · 10-28-2004, 09:43 PM

Hey Tink,
Thanks for your help. After restarting the machine a couple of times, it started to work fine. I think that the video card was having problems. I've replaced it and its working ok so far.

Tinkster · 10-29-2004, 02:20 PM

Glad to hear, sorry I couldn't be of any help :)

Cheers,
Tink