On 1/17/06, Gregory P. Ennis <PoMec@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > I tried creating a new user account, and doing a login on a terminal windown. When I started 'startx' I received the same errors. > > I had a third machine develop the same symptoms of not displaying a gui login screen. I am able to see the gui boot up process but when each system tries to switch to the gui login the display presents itself with some screwy lines. > > This all looks like the resolution has changed, but I have not changed any of the resolutions. > > Is there a way to change the resolution from a terminal window. I would like to try to change the resolution to the same as the default for the boot up gui process. > > Sure would appreciate anyone's help. Try this procedure: Ctrl-Alt-F2 and log in as root vi /etc/inittab and set initdefault to runlevel 3. Save the file and reboot. On the console log in as root and type startx -- for now just ignore all the errors. Does the resulting TUI dialogs ask you if you want to generate a new xorg.conf file? If so, say yes and see if that does not resolve the issue. This procedure worked for me this past Sunday. If it does resolve it -- just edit the /etc/inittab file to start X in runlevel 5 and reboot. HTH/Bill -- WC -Sx- Jones | http://ccsh.us/ | Open Source Consulting
