Re: X exit monitor blackout

[michael hamerski <lists_(_at_)_blurbfly_(_dot_)_com>]

Dimitri Georganas wrote:

> First monitor:
>
> After exiting X, either by exiting command or ctrl-alt-backspace I don't 
> get any shell prompt. Seems like the monitor doesn't 'switch back'
> to the console mode...so I replace the monitor.
>
>
> Any suggestions or similar experiences?

I actually have a similar problem with 3.6 on a via m10000 using startx, 
no black screen but random & colourful garbage filling the screen from 
the bottom, somewhat reminiscent of early vic20 games, the console seems 
to function, hitting return a few times scrolls the garbage and one or 
two lines of normal console output appear at the top.

Haven't found a way to solve this in bios either, but I don't really 
need to run X on the box anyway.

cheers,

mike