I don't know what to make of your problem with the screen flashing on and off. Is this a laptop? It sounds like maybe a power management thing. As for startx not working, we'll need to see the /var/log/XFree86.0.log file. Everything needed to diagnose a failure to start X should be in there. Mark. On Fri, 10 Feb 2006, Robert Mckeon wrote: > After my computer boots, the screen and the keyboard flash off every > few seconds, and then they flash back on. They are on while the > computer is booting, but after that, I can't get them to stay on. Also, > the startx (or xstart, whichever one it is) does not work, and I don't > know why. This all started when the system gave me some error with > graphical interface, and I ignored it. So now my computer with linux > can't be used at all. How do I fix this? > > -Robert _______________________________________________ XFree86 mailing list XFree86@xxxxxxxxxxx http://XFree86.Org/mailman/listinfo/xfree86
