Unable to kill X using Catalyst drivers

weirddan455 · 2013-02-12 22:42:56

My problem is that once I'm in X I can't drop back to the console. The computer starts in console and then I start X manually with "startx". That all works but once I'm there, I can't back out. I'm using XFCE and I've tried ctrl+alt+F2-F6. That just leaves me with a black screen but I'm able to go back to X using ctrl+alt+F1. I've also tried hitting the "Log Out" button and that just leaves me at a completely black screen with no way that I know of to get back to X or get to a console. My only recourse there was to ctrl+alt+delete to reboot the system (which didn't give any output until after it rebooted). I'm using the Catalyst 13.2 Beta drivers from catalyst-test in the AUR. This all worked flawlessly when using the open source drivers.

the sad clown · 2013-02-13 00:53:44

Why don't you just kill the end process in .xinitrc?

weirddan455 · 2013-02-13 02:16:48

the sad clown wrote:

Why don't you just kill the end process in .xinitrc?

Not sure what you mean by that. Anyway, I narrowed the problem down to that AUR package catalyst-test. The Catalyst 13.1 from [community] doesn't have this issue.

the sad clown · 2013-02-13 03:39:46

weirddan455 wrote:

the sad clown wrote:
Why don't you just kill the end process in .xinitrc?
Not sure what you mean by that...

I'm not sure what I meant by that. Sorry. Reading comprehension has gone down the tubes tonight.

Vi0L0 · 2013-02-13 05:55:56

Yup, confirmed
https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php … 4#p1231064

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#1 2013-02-12 22:42:56

Unable to kill X using Catalyst drivers

#2 2013-02-13 00:53:44

Re: Unable to kill X using Catalyst drivers

#3 2013-02-13 02:16:48

Re: Unable to kill X using Catalyst drivers

#4 2013-02-13 03:39:46

Re: Unable to kill X using Catalyst drivers

#5 2013-02-13 05:55:56

Re: Unable to kill X using Catalyst drivers

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