Re: [gentoo-user] Console vanishes after X server is run

[Philip Webb <purslow@sympatico.ca>]

060708 Jim Burwell wrote:
> The text console of one of my gentoo boxes does not come back
> after the X server exits.  The console is there and works fine
> up to the point when the X server starts (eg when gdm comes up).
> After this, using the key sequences to call up the text vtys,
> shutting down gdm, etc, results in a black screen. 
> The graphics card I have is an old Nvidia GeForce 3

My back-up machine has an Nvidia card bought in 2001
& it shows the opposite behaviour to yours:
it refuses to display anything before X starts,
but does show the console data after X is stopped.
I was never able to find out why & long ago accepted it was defective.
It now has Mandriva 2005, as I couldn't see to install Slackware.
Your best bet mb simply to buy another card.

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