On Tue, 4 May 2004, Dev Team wrote: > I'm trying to run XFree86 on a Debian system (unstable), on a Compaq > EN Deskpro SFF PIII/550. > This system has an ATI Technologies Inc 3D Rage Pro AGP 1X/2X (rev > 5c) VGA controller. > Well, when i try to run startx, the display freezes.. > ALT+CTRL+F1, F2, etc does not work. > The same with ALT+CTRL+backspace. > I can access the computer through network, via ssh... > but i have either to kill startx, or i have to reboot.. It sounds like it's in a loop. While ssh'ed in, what does `top` show? > I could supply the log file, if someone could help me.. Yes, that would be a good place to start. Marc. +----------------------------------+-----------------------------------+ | Marc Aurele La France | work: 1-780-492-9310 | | Computing and Network Services | fax: 1-780-492-1729 | | 352 General Services Building | email: tsi@xxxxxxxxxxx | | University of Alberta +-----------------------------------+ | Edmonton, Alberta | | | T6G 2H1 | Standard disclaimers apply | | CANADA | | +----------------------------------+-----------------------------------+ XFree86 developer and VP. ATI driver and X server internals. _______________________________________________ XFree86 mailing list XFree86@xxxxxxxxxxx http://XFree86.Org/mailman/listinfo/xfree86