on Rawhide, screen goes black when X starts

[Andre Robatino]

On 07/09/2009 01:56 PM, Andre Robatino wrote:
> I have Rawhide running in VirtualBox.  For the last few weeks, at the
> time X starts, the screen goes black, and I am unable to get a login
> prompt, even in a VT.  This forces me to do updates each day in rescue
> mode, hoping the problem would go away eventually.  I'm currently using
> VB 3.0.0 but the problem started while using 2.2.4 (but the problem
> started with some Rawhide update, not a VB one).  Currently everything
> appears normal in Rawhide right up to the time X starts, and I can do an
> ACPI shutdown from VB, so the OS is responsive, even though the screen
> is black.  Any ideas what's wrong?

If I set the default runlevel in /etc/inittab to 3, then I can boot
Rawhide and end up with a normal text login prompt, and switch between
VTs at will.  However, startx results in a permanent black screen again,
with no change even if I try to switch to a VT.  The only indication of
responsiveness is that the ACPI shutdown initiated from VB works
normally.  At least this way I don't have to use rescue mode to apply
updates.

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