Re: Black screen after login

Wierdness never stops.   NOW I have the desktop. :~  Dunno what I did or
didn't do.

Tried the urpmi command...all packages are up to date.

I don't even have a clue if xfdrake went and got the drivers.

Computers - gotta love 'em...sometimes.

On Wed, Dec 1, 2010 at 9:39 PM, Jim Beard <jdbeard-kTz99GpLsC/[email protected]> wrote:

> On 12/01/2010 06:44 PM, Dennis Duffner wrote:
>
>> I've got a Radeon 9200SE video card installed in the box and upgraded to
>> 2010 Spring via the live CD.
>>
>> Problem is that, once I log in, all I get is the taskbar and a black
>>
> > screen.
>
> Are you booting into run level 5, the Graphic User Interface?
>
> Can you log into the xguest account?  (Not sure if the Live CD creates it,
> but worth a try.)  Does that work?
>
> Can you boot into failsafe?  Can you then use startx to start up the gui?
>
> If you can, as root, make sure that the top section of /etc/inittab
> contains id:3:initdefault:  rather than id:5:initdefault:.  Then reboot into
> run level 3, terminal mode, rather than into the GUI.  You can then try out
> changes, start the gui with startx, and if it does not work you may be able
> to use Cntl-Alt-Backspace (hit it a couple of times) to get back to command
> line if needed.
>
> Alternately, you can use the install DVD from an earlier version or a
> rescue CD to boot into rescue mode, and on the command line
> make the change in inittab to boot into run level 3.
>
>
>> Any ideas?  I've tried XFdrake and that doesn't seem to do anything as I
>> still have the black screen.
>>
>
> What _exactly_ does "tried XFdrake" mean?  Starting at the command line, as
> root, run XFdrake, and record/report what you do at each step so it might be
> possible to diagnose where things are going wrong.
>
> What are the contents of /etc/X11/xorg.conf?
>
> Odd thought:  I have a couple of computers with ATI video cards.  I use the
> proprietary drivers available from Mandriva (XFdrake will get them for you)
> and sometimes I have to use the radeonhd/fglrx driver and sometimes I have
> to use the radeon/fglrx driver.  This seems to vary, depending on the kernel
> and version of the drivers.  In XFdrake, you might try first one and then
> the other.
>
> Second thought:  When 2010.1 came out, the x-windows was buggy. You need to
> update all packages.  As root, with networking working, from a command line,
>
> urpmi --downloader wget --auto-update --auto
>
> Cheers!
>
> jim b.
>
> --
> UNIX is not user unfriendly; it merely
>     expects users to be computer-friendly.
>



-- 
 - Dennis