System crashes when i close X11

dasy2k1 · 12-02-2005, 01:11 PM

when i shut down X11 on my sysetem no mater how i do it, 9by chosing quit form my window manager or by hitting ctrl+alt+backspace)
i just get a blank screen and no reponsiveness (no keys will do anything, i cnat even flash the num lock light on and off)

anone got any ideas on how to cure this as to halt my machine normally i need comand line acsess without X

freakyg · 12-02-2005, 01:30 PM

are you booting to command line.......init:3: OR
booting to GUI.........init:4:

???

dasy2k1 · 12-02-2005, 01:40 PM

booting to command line
with lilo (thoiugh i get a colour tux in teh corner of teh screen which i though init 3 was incapable of)

then using startx to start my windowe manager
(currently xfce though i have only started using taht today)

keefaz · 12-02-2005, 02:19 PM

What is your video card model ? a nvidia one ?

dasy2k1 · 12-02-2005, 02:25 PM

not sure... how do i find out?

keefaz · 12-02-2005, 02:29 PM

/sbin/lspci | grep -i vga

Maybe the simplest way is to set vga=normal in /etc/lilo.conf
and run lilo to take the change in account, then reboot
(you loose the penguin but display is faster)

dasy2k1 · 12-02-2005, 02:40 PM

bash-3.00$ /sbin/lspci | grep -i vga
01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: Rendition Verite V2000/V2100/V2200 (rev 06)
bash-3.00$

keefaz · 12-02-2005, 02:46 PM

You could try the X rendition driver, in /etc/X11/xorg.conf,
look for something similar to :

Code:

Section "Device"
    Identifier  "My Video Card"
    Driver      "vesa"
...

and change 'vesa' to 'rendition', then restart X to see

dasy2k1 · 12-02-2005, 02:53 PM

i modified lilo0.conf and i still have that dratted tux in the corner
(i want rid!)

keefaz · 12-02-2005, 02:55 PM

Did you run /sbin/lilo and reboot after the change ?

dasy2k1 · 12-02-2005, 02:56 PM

nope...
halfway through boot now i get this

verifing DMI pool data:
99 99 99 99 99 99 99 99 99 99 99 99 99 aboutr 100 times!
GRRR

am trying a boot with a bootdisk to change it back!

dasy2k1 · 12-02-2005, 02:58 PM

yep and it said...
adding linux*

keefaz · 12-02-2005, 03:02 PM

Maybe there is an error in your lilo.conf, could you post it here ?

dasy2k1 · 12-02-2005, 03:03 PM

i will try changinmg it back and see if that works

dasy2k1 · 12-02-2005, 03:03 PM

ok will doo
as soon as this slow bootdisk gets teh system going