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Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd Path: sserve!manuel!munnari.oz.au!uunet!spool.mu.edu!sdd.hp.com!elroy.jpl.nasa.gov!decwrl!csus.edu!netcom.com!hasty From: hasty@netcom.com (Amancio Hasty Jr) Subject: Re: no screen after X exits Message-ID: <b!mn=fj.hasty@netcom.com> Date: Fri, 04 Sep 92 02:15:18 GMT Organization: Netcom - Online Communication Services (408 241-9760 guest) References: <BRTMAC.92Sep2101013@maverick.ksu.ksu.edu> Lines: 43 In article <BRTMAC.92Sep2101013@maverick.ksu.ksu.edu> brtmac@maverick.ksu.ksu.edu (Brett McCoy) writes: >I'm having a problem with having no screen after X exits. This is really >annoying when something is wrong and X doesn't start since one of the first >things it does is set the graphic mode on the card. I have to reboot to >get the screen back and then I loose any information I had as to why X >didn't start. > >My configuration is: > >386sx/16 >8M RAM >7120A Maxtor IDE >2 com ports >Sigma Legend 1M VGA (ET-4000 chipset) >AOC CM-336 SVGA monitor > >I can get X to run fine and can even get at the keyboard by doing a >'startx;sleep 999999' (anyone want to tell me why this works?). I am >planning on running XDM in the future, but I want to get X to where it >actually works like I want it before doing this. If in your /etc/ttys file, your reference your console as device console the system gets confused as to who owns the console because X access the device vga. To avoid problems with use vga in your /etc/ttys instead of "console" Amancio Hasty > >Is there a program out there that resets the video card to standard >80x25 text mode? > >++Brett;