On Wed, 2007-08-29 at 13:27 -0400, fedora-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx wrote: > > Is it only emacs (sounds like it)? If it is then check into > your .emacs > config file for something that looks out-of-place. Perhaps > rename .emacs to something else and start emacs to see what happens. > Sounds like X is blocking. > > Can you hit <Ctrl><Alt><F1> and get to a console login while it's > unresponsive (<Ctrl><Alt><F7> to get back, BTW)? I had a screensaver > issue a few years ago where the screen would sometimes be split with > the > top edge actually drawn across the center of the monitor. > > -- Mark C. Allman, PMP > -- Allman Professional Consulting, > Inc. > -- www.allmanpc.com, 617-947-4263 Excellent <Ctrl><Alt><F1> followed by <Ctrl><Alt><F7> gives me my screen back. Nice. But still not really a solution :( I tried removing my .emacs and .emacs.d but that made no difference. At least I have a workaround now. Bill