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omycrap
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 Posted: Fri Aug 30, 2002 11:01 pm Post subject: X windows flashes me |
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ok im a major newb so needless t say ive been having problems with installation, but after a week i thought i finally had it all up and rnning i had installed x and kde, but i set x to start at boot but unfortunately it just flickers at me and doesnt don anything just flicker....flicker....flicker. I think i may know what the problem is (altho i probably dont) but i cant get back to a console! ctrl alt backspace doesnt work, how do i get back to a console so i can actually use my system? pleez help im going crazy.  |
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blunted
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Joined: 21 Jun 2002
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Location: Winnipeg, MB
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| Posted: Fri Aug 30, 2002 11:17 pm Post subject: |
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omycrap
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| Posted: Fri Aug 30, 2002 11:28 pm Post subject: thx but nope |
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| thanx i tried i tried it out just now but unfortunately it didnt do anything. |
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bonto
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| Posted: Sat Aug 31, 2002 12:16 am Post subject: just for reference |
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I decided to register because i have a feeling illl be using this a lot  so i am no longer omycrap guest i am bonto n00b, why? i dunno. anywho thought i'd say that so if nyone tries to help and i reply they wont go "who the heck is his guy?" alho really ur probably intelligent enough to figure it out but still i was bored...
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bonto
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| Posted: Sat Aug 31, 2002 1:02 am Post subject: ctrl+alt+f2 |
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so that fianaly worked because the flicker lasted long enough for the x commands to work and it proceeded to boot me into another console... Unfortunately within hirty seconds it proceeded to try to boot x again........ so i think im f***ed.
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ebrostig
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| Posted: Sat Aug 31, 2002 1:10 am Post subject: Re: just for reference |
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| bonto wrote: | | I decided to register because i have a feeling illl be using this a lot so i am no longer omycrap guest i am bonto n00b, why? i dunno. anywho thought i'd say that so if nyone tries to help and i reply they wont go "who the heck is his guy?" alho really ur probably intelligent enough to figure it out but still i was bored... |
Welcome to the wonderful world of Gentoo and Linux 
I have seen this problem before. It is basically because the X server fails and since you have defaulted to start up either directly to a desktop or to a login-manager when the system boots, the system tries to restart X when it fails. That is why you see flicker all the time, X restarts. It is actually not possible to switch to a text based console when this happens since the X server respawns too quickly.
Here is what you ned to do:
1. Boot the machine with the Gentoo install CD.
2. Mount your partitions as you did during the inital install
3. First check var/log for any XFree86 log files. They might give you some more information about what causes the problem (most likely unsupported resolution)
4. Change etc/inittab to start in single user mode:
id:3:initdefault:
change to
id:1:initdefault:
Now reboot the machine as normal and fix whatever problem causes X to fail. When done, change your inittab file back (after testing X by using startx) to runlevel 3 which will, when you reboot, start up X by default.
Hope this helps!
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bonto
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| Posted: Sat Aug 31, 2002 1:16 am Post subject: THANK YOU! |
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Thank you very much i go do that now. THANKYOUTHANKYOUTHANKYOUTHANKYOU!
-this post willl be deleted if it does not work
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bonto
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| Posted: Sat Aug 31, 2002 2:08 am Post subject: WOO! |
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I followed your basic instructions and short story even shorter i am writing this from my shiny new gentoo system, i can see why everyone likes it so much already!
THANKYOUAGAIN!! I AM ETERNALLY GRATEFUL!!!
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Chickpea
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| Posted: Sat Aug 31, 2002 3:35 am Post subject: |
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| Quote: | | i can see why everyone likes it so much already! |
Yippee!! Congratulations |
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bonto
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| Chickpea wrote: | | Quote: | | i can see why everyone likes it so much already! |
Yippee!! Congratulations |
lol thanx
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ebrostig
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| Posted: Tue Sep 03, 2002 5:22 pm Post subject: Re: WOO! |
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| bonto wrote: | I followed your basic instructions and short story even shorter i am writing this from my shiny new gentoo system, i can see why everyone likes it so much already!
THANKYOUAGAIN!! I AM ETERNALLY GRATEFUL!!! |
Great!!!!!!!
Glad i could of some help!
I spent a while trying to figure this one out myself when it first happened to me, now I was able to help a fellow Linux-ian! Cool!
Good Luck with your shiny new OS
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FastTurtle
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 A very clear and concise explanation as to what was going on with the X server  especially since I've had that problem before. It did explain why I had to use my boot floppy to get into single user mode to fix it though. |
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