On Thursday 29 July 2004 11:56, Sameer Kamat wrote: > Hi > I have the default in inittab to run at 5(GUI mode). It works fine, > but if I hit CTRL+ALT+F1 I do > not see anything but a black screen. If I set the inittab default to > runlevel 3, > then I do get to a text login screen, however when I run startx to get to > the GUI I lose the text console. > > Does anyone have any thoughts on what I should be doing to fix this ? This might provide some context, although it won't give you the answer to your 'black screen' question. http://www.hentzenwerke.com/wp/fromgui_totext.htm -- Whil Moving to Linux: Freedom, Choice, Security, Opportunity http://www.hentzenwerke.com