Re: Can't get a GUI window to open up.

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Hi, Charles!  I was wondering if you were still around. :-)

Charles A Edwards grabbed a keyboard and wrote:
> On Mon, 24 Oct 2011 16:55:11 -0700
> David Guntner <davidg-1boXBf7wef/[email protected]> wrote:
>=20
>> So, any ideas on what's causing the current headache, and what can be
>> done to clear it up?
>=20
> David did you reboot after running XFdrake and Before you tried moving
> to init 5?

I've rebooted so many times I've lost count. :-)

> The kernels in 2011.0 are all configured with, and boot, with kms
> enabled.
> When you switch from from a 'free' driver to a proprietary driver,
> either nvidia or fglrx, there can/will be major issues with X when=20
> kms is enabled.....thus the need for the reboot.
>=20
> When you use XFdrake to select a proprietary driver it will auto add=20
> 'nokmsboot' append to the kernel which disables kms on subsequent boots=
=2E

I did notice that append in my lilo.conf file; was wondering what it was
or what had put it there.  I just tried taking it out, running lilo, and
rebooting again.  However, a "telinit 5" is still failing to start X up.

               --Dave



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