From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org ([208.92.234.80] helo=lists.gentoo.org) by finch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1Mh7a8-0001QZ-O4 for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Fri, 28 Aug 2009 19:57:56 +0000 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 05608E08AE for ; Sat, 29 Aug 2009 01:07:03 +0000 (UTC) Received: from Princeton.EDU (postoffice05.Princeton.EDU [128.112.133.189]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D7E40E097A for ; Tue, 25 Aug 2009 16:58:08 +0000 (UTC) Received: from smtpserver2.Princeton.EDU (smtpserver2.Princeton.EDU [128.112.129.148]) by Princeton.EDU (8.13.8/8.13.8) with ESMTP id n7PGw846026674 for ; Tue, 25 Aug 2009 12:58:08 -0400 (EDT) Received: from sep.dynalias.net (fez.Princeton.EDU [128.112.129.190]) (authenticated bits=0) by smtpserver2.Princeton.EDU (8.12.9/8.12.9) with ESMTP id n7PGw7Gs009440 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=EDH-RSA-DES-CBC3-SHA bits=168 verify=NOT) for ; Tue, 25 Aug 2009 12:58:08 -0400 (EDT) Received: by sep.dynalias.net (Postfix, from userid 1001) id CB47293620; Tue, 25 Aug 2009 13:03:21 -0400 (EDT) Date: Tue, 25 Aug 2009 13:03:21 -0400 From: Willie Wong To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Blank screen when starting or stopping X server Message-ID: <20090825170321.GA19153@princeton.edu> Mail-Followup-To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org References: <20090825012646.GA15962@gentoo-imac> <20090825012850.GB15962@gentoo-imac> Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20090825012850.GB15962@gentoo-imac> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.16 (2007-06-09) X-Archives-Salt: 8b82dddc-06a8-4023-8fcd-db13387dffc0 X-Archives-Hash: d654659f1eb174c6facde6009a08c087 On Mon, Aug 24, 2009 at 09:28:50PM -0400, Penguin Lover Simon Hunt squawked: > Sometimes when I start or stop the X server, for instance at boot when GDM > loads, or when I logout of Gnome and GDM is restarted, the screen goes blank, > and the monitor shows an orange light as if it were disconnected from the computer. > The computer is still on, but I think it is frozen, because I can't use ssh > to access it. I've diffed the Xorg logs from a normal server and a frozen server > and they are the same besides dates and other trivial lines, unless perhaps > the frozen server doesn't even write to a log. If you think I should try that > again, tell me. I could have done something wrong. How about the system/kernel logs? Have you built a video driver against a "wrong" kernel? W -- "Do you all understand? At this point I'll settle for quiet acquiescence." ~DeathMech, S. Sondhi. P-town PHY 205 Sortir en Pantoufles: up 991 days, 15:48