[mythtv-users] Restarting X problem

Brad Fuller bradallenfuller at gmail.com
Wed Jul 23 16:17:24 UTC 2008


On Wed, Jul 23, 2008 at 8:33 AM, Allen Edwards
<allen.edwards at oldpaloalto.com> wrote:
> I thought I saw a post about this but I cannot find it after searching
> google and the archives.
>
> I am having this annoying problem maybe 1/3 of the time or less when I
> restart X.  I can't correlate what I am doing with it but what happens
> upon leaving setup or hitting CRTL-ALT-BS is that I get a black screen
> or a desktop without the top bar and no myth.  Last evening, it was a
> black screen with a cursor and nothing else.  Hitting CTRL-F2 did not
> give me a new desktop although I have seen it where it will in which
> case CTRL-F1 would then clear the problem. Usually, this does not work
> and I have to CTRL-ALT-BS again, which usually but not always cures the
> problem and mythfrontend starts.  Like I said, it usually starts fine.
> It has always started fine when booting up.
>
> Problem is that I have both a TV and a projector and the easiest way to
> switch between them is to restart X.

When you switch between the TV and projector, is that when it fails?
If so, that might tell you something

You might try and ssh into it and look at /var/log/Xorg.0.log when it
happens but before you restart again.


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