Black screen after leaving X

Kabar · 2007-09-18 16:32:18

I'm not sure whether I post it in a right place, anyway...
I run Arch on my laptop, I can run any desktop environment, but when I'm leaving the X mode (e.g. using Ctrl+alt+Backspace), the screen turns black (but switched on). The system is still working, because I can use reboot/halt commands and the system responds to them. This goes with another distros too.
There are no Errors (EE) in Xorg.0.log, only one warning ("Open ACPI failed"). Maybe Xorg just can't handle my screen properly.
I know it would be difficult to help me, but I hope someone will come up if some ideas

CocoAUS · 2007-09-18 16:56:37

Just a black screen? Is there a mouse cursor or anything? Just it restart and just go to a black screen then, or does it just go to a black screen without anything before that?

If you could post your ~/.xinitrc and /etc/rc.conf, 'twould be appreciated.

Kabar · 2007-09-18 17:24:26

my ~/.xinitrc

exec startkde

and /etc/rc.conf

#
# /etc/rc.conf - Main Configuration for Arch Linux
#

#
# -----------------------------------------------------------------------
# LOCALIZATION
# -----------------------------------------------------------------------
#
# LOCALE: available languages can be listed with the 'locale -a' command
# HARDWARECLOCK: set to "UTC" or "localtime"
# TIMEZONE: timezones are found in /usr/share/zoneinfo
# KEYMAP: keymaps are found in /usr/share/kbd/keymaps
# CONSOLEFONT: found in /usr/share/kbd/consolefonts (only needed for non-US)
# CONSOLEMAP: found in /usr/share/kbd/consoletrans
# USECOLOR: use ANSI color sequences in startup messages
#
#LOCALE="en_US.utf8"
LOCALE="pl_PL"
HARDWARECLOCK="localtime"
TIMEZONE="Europe/Warsaw"
KEYMAP="pl"
CONSOLEFONT="lat2-16"
CONSOLEMAP=
USECOLOR="yes"

#
# -----------------------------------------------------------------------
# HARDWARE
# -----------------------------------------------------------------------
#
# Scan hardware and load required modules at bootup
MOD_AUTOLOAD="yes"
# Module Blacklist - modules in this list will never be loaded by udev
MOD_BLACKLIST=()
#
# Modules to load at boot-up (in this order)
#   - prefix a module with a ! to blacklist it
#
MODULES=(mii via-rhine snd-mixer-oss snd-pcm-oss snd-hwdep snd-page-alloc snd-pcm snd-timer snd snd-hda-intel soundcore)
# Scan for LVM volume groups at startup, required if you use LVM
USELVM="no"

#
# -----------------------------------------------------------------------
# NETWORKING
# -----------------------------------------------------------------------
#
HOSTNAME="myhost"
#
# Use 'ifconfig -a' or 'ls /sys/class/net/' to see all available
# interfaces.
#
# Interfaces to start at boot-up (in this order)
# Declare each interface then list in INTERFACES
#   - prefix an entry in INTERFACES with a ! to disable it
#   - no hyphens in your interface names - Bash doesn't like it
#
# Note: to use DHCP, set your interface to be "dhcp" (eth0="dhcp")
#
lo="lo 127.0.0.1"
#eth0="eth0 192.168.1.20 netmask 255.255.255.0 broadcast 192.168.1.255"
#eth0="dhcp"
ath0="dhcp"
#INTERFACES=(lo eth0 ath0)
INTERFACES=(lo ath0)
#
# Routes to start at boot-up (in this order)
# Declare each route then list in ROUTES
#   - prefix an entry in ROUTES with a ! to disable it
#
gateway="default gw 192.168.1.1"
ROUTES=(!gateway)
#
# Enable these network profiles at boot-up.  These are only useful
# if you happen to need multiple network configurations (ie, laptop users)
#   - set to 'menu' to present a menu during boot-up (dialog package required)
#   - prefix an entry with a ! to disable it
#
# Network profiles are found in /etc/network-profiles
#
#NET_PROFILES=(main)

#
# -----------------------------------------------------------------------
# DAEMONS
# -----------------------------------------------------------------------
#
# Daemons to start at boot-up (in this order)
#   - prefix a daemon with a ! to disable it
#   - prefix a daemon with a @ to start it up in the background
#
DAEMONS=(syslog-ng network netfs crond)


# End of file

After leaving Xwindow I should see the black terminal again, as in runlevel 3, but I acually see nothing.

madeye · 2007-09-19 09:37:10

A while ago I had a similar problem. The solution was to insert VGA=771 in menu.lst on the kernel line. Perhaps it can help you too?

Here is the link to the original post :
http://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=32285

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#1 2007-09-18 16:32:18

Black screen after leaving X

#2 2007-09-18 16:56:37

Re: Black screen after leaving X

#3 2007-09-18 17:24:26

Re: Black screen after leaving X

#4 2007-09-19 09:37:10

Re: Black screen after leaving X

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