From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from lists.gentoo.org (pigeon.gentoo.org [208.92.234.80]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by finch.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id AF72E13832E for ; Sat, 20 Aug 2016 14:46:36 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 8D8A921C060; Sat, 20 Aug 2016 14:46:25 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail.web-xs.org (mail.web-xs.org [148.251.4.204]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 659AEE09B3 for ; Sat, 20 Aug 2016 14:46:24 +0000 (UTC) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by mail.web-xs.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A8E486EC44F8 for ; Sat, 20 Aug 2016 16:46:22 +0200 (CEST) X-Virus-Scanned: Debian amavisd-new at mail.web-xs.org Received: from mail.web-xs.org ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (mail.web-xs.org [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id R9Y5wj75+bxn for ; Sat, 20 Aug 2016 16:46:21 +0200 (CEST) Received: from server-1.localdomain (p54A70CA4.dip0.t-ipconnect.de [84.167.12.164]) (Authenticated sender: lukas@der-erste-sinn.de) by mail.web-xs.org (Postfix) with ESMTPA id 00CF06EC4222 for ; Sat, 20 Aug 2016 16:46:20 +0200 (CEST) Received: from hal9000.localdomain (hal.localdomain [192.168.0.2]) by server-1.localdomain (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9FBC6367 for ; Sat, 20 Aug 2016 16:46:20 +0200 (CEST) Date: Sat, 20 Aug 2016 16:45:57 +0200 From: wabe To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Another X11 problem Message-ID: <20160820164557.63a0872e@hal9000.localdomain> In-Reply-To: <20160820134445.4123.2A78FB47@matica.foolinux.mooo.com> References: <20160820065935.15903.0CCDCA26@matica.foolinux.mooo.com> <20160820105806.1f5c979d@digimed.co.uk> <20160820134445.4123.2A78FB47@matica.foolinux.mooo.com> 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-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Archives-Salt: 71a5e258-dda7-458b-af83-cf653dca9c9e X-Archives-Hash: 37b519d2c2e45e4b1bc5ff00fa010b84 Ian Zimmerman wrote: > On 2016-08-20 10:58 +0100, Neil Bothwick wrote: > > > > Once or twice per week, when I start X11 (via the startx program), > > > my display goes all black. When it happens there is no way back > > > to a working state: I can see that Xorg is running, I can exit it > > > by hitting Ctl-Alt-Backspace, but even then display does not > > > recover. The only thing I can do is hit Ctl-Alt-Del blindly and > > > reboot, and next time it usually works. > > > > Can you get back to a VC with Ctrl-Alt-F1/2? > > Good question, I am sure I tried that, but I _think_ it didn't work. > (The only way to _know_ would be to hit Ctl-Alt-Del next and see if it > reboots, and I'll make sure I try doing just that next time it > happens.) I do know that nothing appears on the screen even if the > switch succeeds. How is your monitor connected to your PC (HDMI, DVI, DP, VGA)? I also had such a problem some months ago after I connected my monitor via DP. For some reason sometimes the video output of my graphics card was only sent to its DVI port and not to the DP. However after a update of xorg and its components this error was gone. -- Regards wabe