Date: Thu, 23 Mar 2000 00:51:41 +0000 From: David Banning <tracker@worldy.com> To: BobF <FBob@wt.net> Cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: screen shuts off when return from X Message-ID: <38D96A9D.41C67EA6@worldy.com> References: <Pine.BSF.4.05.10003221601230.661-100000@tracker> <00032217483307.00481@desk1>
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BobF wrote: > > On Wed, 22 Mar 2000, David Banning wrote: > > FreeBSD 3.4 > > After starting X with startx - Ctrl-Alt-F1 only brings me a dark screen. > > Hitting Alt F4 does bring me back to X but I notice > > the screen takes a moment to turn on. > > Exiting X leaves me completely in the dark. > > I have one of those screens that is auto power down when you leave it. > > Could something be triggering it to shut off? > > What kind of video card are you using? The problem seemed to be that I had recently re-installed xfree86 - that must have overwiritten my X configuration slightly. I just reconfigured X using XF86Setup and now everything is fine. Thanks Bob. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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