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Neil, Many thanks. I was worried that it might be my setup, since I couldn't find this problem on the web, which still surprises me. We were considering switching to Mandrake because of other issues we have with Red Hat, this flips the switch. Cheers, Clive -----Original Message----- From: Neil Williams [mailto:linux@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx] Sent: Wednesday, April 16, 2003 7:24 PM To: list@xxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: Re: [LUG] Red Hat 8.0 GNOME logout & switching On Wednesday 16 April 2003 6:50 pm, Darke, Clive wrote: > Has anyone else had the following console probs? Similar problems but not down to the console - down to the X server configuration. It was on a laptop when I had to run XFree v3.xx. I couldn't use Alt-F1 etc. until recently and only now with Mandrake9 is it sorted. I believe it is to do with the X server not releasing the framebuffer - my problems were characterised by never being able to see the shutdown/reboot screen. All I ever had (until Mandrake 9) was the background screen to the login box. During sessions, I'd also be unable to get to Alt-F1->6. > Sometimes, when I logout from GNOME, the machine hangs, and a reboot is > required. On Compaq, the keyboard lights flash. Sign of a warm reboot. > This is intermittent, and across an number of (similar) machines. > May be connected with this, switching to a character session > (ALT-F1/F2/etc) from a GNOME session will kill the GNOME session, switch to > character, then switch back to the GNOME login. If the GNOME session is > not signed on, or we already have a character session signed on, we don't > get the problem. > > RH 7.2 was OK on this h/w. 9.0 does not give the first problem, but still > sometimes gives the second. 7.2 was using a much older X server and the improvements in 9 have solved part of your problem. You could install a newer version of X (not for the faint-hearted as X configuration is often best left to an install program) or try Mandrake9 or Yoper - both use newer releases of X. Yoper may be useful in that it doesn't shy away from non-GPL X drivers like nVidia so it may find a driver that matches your hardware more precisely. -- Neil Williams ============= http://www.codehelp.co.uk http://www.dclug.org.uk http://www.wewantbroadband.co.uk/ ________________________________________________________________________ This e-mail has been scanned for all viruses by Star Internet. The service is powered by MessageLabs. For more information on a proactive anti-virus service working around the clock, around the globe, visit: http://www.star.net.uk ________________________________________________________________________ -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG Mail majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxx with "unsubscribe list" in the message body to unsubscribe.