read the manpage of strace, figure out how to redirect the output into a file and start x with strace startx after the reboot the file should give pointers what happened. and /var/log/XFree86.0.log usually is worth looking at. On Wed, 07 Aug 2002 22:13:22 -0600 Kent Kostuk <kent.kostuk@usask.ca> wrote: > I am running XFree86 4.2.0 on OpenBSD 3.1 i386. When I leave X I do not > return to terminal mode. All I get is a black screen. If I try to halt > the system, there is no response. _______________________________________________ Newbie@XFree86.Org *** To unsubscribe , or change message options, see: http://XFree86.Org/mailman/listinfo/newbie