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HommeBarbu

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Registered: 2009-09-14

Posts: 7

screen dies when closing x

Hey
I've had this problem for as long as I've run linux, even with other distros I think, and it's always kinda annoyed me, especially because when I research solutions, none of them seem to be the exact same as mine, or the solutions don't help.

Problem: After starting x, whenever I leave it (ie: killing x, logging off, switching tty's, even running vbetest) it makes my screen die and produce colorful horizontal lines, mostly blue with yellow. If switching virtual terminals, my screen comes back when returning to tty7. I'm using an nvidia geforce go 6600 if it helps. Does anyone know the cause of the problem and if they've ever heard of a solution?

Thanks in advance.