blue screen of death after logout

[Dr. Michael J. Chudobiak]

>> Sometimes, after logging out of a Fedora 9 gnome session, the screen 
>> goes all blue. Bringing up a text session (Ctrl+F1) works OK, but X 
> 
> By any chance is your keyboard (or mouse) connected in some interesting 
> way? Like wireless, through KVM switch, USB, or anything else other than 
> PS/2 cable? I have seen somewhat similar problems with input static. And 
> see below...

No, nothing like that.

> If your Multisync is like some of mine it has dual input capability. 
> Sometimes when changing modes (such as after logout) the monitor gets 
> wedged. Next time you see it try power cycling the monitor, even 
> shutting down and pulling the plug to force a reboot might be needed.

Hmm, I haven't actually tried a pull-the-plug on the monitor. (I did use 
the power switch, but maybe that isn't enough). I'll try it, thanks for 
the suggestion ...


- Mike