when i start kde or gnome in slackware 10 my screen goes blank. I kind of suspect that it could be a resolution or refresh rate issue, but im not sure. does anyone have some advice? my monitor is a viewsonic capable of up to 1600x1200 and 60-85hz. my gfx card is a geforce fx 5600. i dont know if either of those components could be the cause of this snag. thanks.
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When the screen goes to black, are you getting an error of any kind? Maybe a "No screens found" or similar to that?
You might want to try and install the nVidia Linux Drivers, as the default ones may not work with your card, which could explain why it goes black.
Can you start any other X desktop? or is it just KDE?
You might want to try and install the nVidia Linux Drivers, as the default ones may not work with your card, which could explain why it goes black.
Can you start any other X desktop? or is it just KDE?
No x desktops are working. with the default settings the screen goes blank, period. there are no error messages, beeps, or big yellow flags popping out of my drive bays... lol. if only... after i run the configuration for x i do get an error, but it's for my mouse... strange indeed... thanks for your help all.
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Well, you could try putting
exec xterm
to ~/.xinitrc instead of exec startkde, to see if it's a KDE problem.
That should launch a plain X session with only a terminal screen.
exec xterm
to ~/.xinitrc instead of exec startkde, to see if it's a KDE problem.
That should launch a plain X session with only a terminal screen.
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