Just a couple of thoughts... What if you try to kill the X Server with a CTRL-ALT-BACKSPACE, or try to get to one of the full screen terminals on CTRL-ALT-F1? (or try all the function keys as I don't remember what Deb uses as a full screen terminal while in X). Kelly Black KB0GBJ On Wednesday 12 December 2001 20:13, you wrote: > Hi everyone, > > I did an 'apt-get upgrade' recently on my machine at home and found the > next time it rebooted that I no longer have any display whatsoever with X. > The machine boots, I select my kernel with LILO, all the checks happen (I > use a frame buffer X setup so I get the little graphical Tux in the upper > left cornder), partitions get mounted, etc. As soon as kdm starts, my > monitor blanks and I see absolutely nothing. I think the whole machine > might be freezing, although with no display I can only guess where I'm > typing. I have to hit restart to reboot the machine. > > If I had a laptop home I'd ssh in to my workstation and see what was going > on. Any ideas how I can start diagnosing this? Anyone know of any troubles > with X in Debian unstable lately? > > -Tim > > -- > Tim Wilson | Visit Sibley online: | Check out: > Henry Sibley HS | http://www.isd197.org | http://www.zope.com > W. St. Paul, MN | | http://slashdot.org > wilson at visi.com | <dtml-var pithy_quote> | http://linux.com > > _______________________________________________ > Twin Cities Linux Users Group Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, > Minnesota http://www.mn-linux.org > tclug-list at mn-linux.org > https://mailman.mn-linux.org/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list