Startx brings up blank screen

MONODA · 2008-03-04 15:53:50

sometimes when i type startx (once every 5 times or so) All i get is a blank screen. I am unable to ctrl+alt+backspace out of it or do anything else so i have to do a hard reset. What is the problem?

koch · 2008-03-04 16:14:12

something to read...:)
use the search and type "startx" that is what i would do first

http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Spe … artx&go=Go

you posted so many questions today now while waiting for some answers why not learning something?
have fun

Last edited by koch (2008-03-04 16:19:49)

MONODA · 2008-03-04 17:24:37

thanks and yes i will do that next time

MONODA · 2008-03-04 19:01:33

arghhhh.... this is happening too much. Can anyone help me

Cotton · 2008-03-04 19:12:16

Not without some details...

MONODA · 2008-03-04 19:49:22

well i included some details at the begining of the thread, i dont know more than that.

koch · 2008-03-04 21:11:07

i can't see any details, sorry.

stefan1975 · 2008-03-04 21:22:10

well in his defence i must admit that at least this particular problem seems awfully familiar to me:

http://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=44923

and this time I too have no clue why this is happening (might even be a different problem alltogether)

maybe for comparison my details:
Dell m65 precision laptop
nvidia quadro video card
1920x1200 tft screen
SliM / XFCE4 / wicd arch 686

the only thing i can find in my Xorg.0.log is that is cannot find module "type1"

the same setup runs fine on my Dell optiplex gx270 desktop with a 1280x1024 tft screen with a nvidia 6200 card and the same drivers.
only difference I can see (apart from connecting wireless on the laptop) is that for the laptop 'hwd' did not produce a "modeline" for 1920x1200 that it did for 1280x1024, so I run it without a corresponding modeline but when it does run it runs perfectly.

can't help you here buddy,
stefan.

Last edited by stefan1975 (2008-03-04 21:27:26)

MONODA · 2008-03-05 16:44:07

"the only thing i can find in my Xorg.0.log is that is cannot find module "type1""
for that you should comment out "type1" in the modules list in xorg.conf

stefan1975 · 2008-03-05 22:00:29

MONODA wrote:

"the only thing i can find in my Xorg.0.log is that is cannot find module "type1""
for that you should comment out "type1" in the modules list in xorg.conf

Duh! i know That. I was just commenting on the fact that there arent any more errors in my X logfile, besides uncommenting mught solve the error message .... but maybe i'd need the type1 module.

stefan.

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