Hi,

Just trying to install Slack 10.2 on my old HP Pavilion 5442, where 10.1 ran
without problems.

Configured X as usual: by hand. startx starts X OK, everything is fine, but
the thing is: when I exit from X, I get a *blank* screen. I mean: blank.
Pearl white. And everything freezes. Can't even kill the X server via
Ctrl-Alt-Backspace. Only thing left to do is Ctrl-Alt-Delete, where the PC
reboots invisibly.

I tried a few things. Disabling the framebuffer. Recompile the kernel with
and without support for the graphic card. The thing is: configuration seems
OK for starting X and running with it. Only the darn thing won't stop
correctly.

I'm really clueless. Suggestions warmly welcome.

Niki Kovacs
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I'm not as think as you stoned I am.

On Sat, 01 Oct 2005 19:45:28 +0200,
Niki Kovacs <mickey@mouse.com> wrote:
>
> startx starts X OK, everything is fine, but
> the thing is: when I exit from X, I get a *blank* screen. I mean: blank.
> Pearl white.

It /might/ be something related to APM. I did a Google Groups search for
'X exit "white screen"' and had the following thread appear:

<http://groups.google.co.uk/group/comp.os.linux.x/browse_thread/thread/b2dd2ad0a51c9f89/>

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Mark Hill