#BLANK SCREEN AFTER ENTERING STARTX HOW TO#
#BLANK SCREEN AFTER ENTERING STARTX SERIAL NUMBER#

#BLANK SCREEN AFTER ENTERING STARTX HOW TO#

However, I'm not sure how to boot without X starting and which log to view. What advice can you offer? I'm thinking I have to first boot to a runlevel that has everything but X running, trying 'startx', and then viewing a log. I think troubleshooting is a good way to really learn linux.

I can use Alt-PrtSc-R -E -I -S -U -B to get a clean reboot, so the keyboard is working.Īs I said, I'm going to be OK with reinstalling bunsenlabs but I'd like to troubleshoot things first.

#BLANK SCREEN AFTER ENTERING STARTX SERIAL NUMBER#

At this point, I lose all tty, and Alt-PrtSc-K doesn't seem to work. After youve entered the serial number and register password enter the code shown on the screen, then click Submit 3 Autel MaxiDas DS808 is self powered. I assume this is because it's trying to start X. If I try to elevate to runlevel 5, the system goes black with the non-blinking cursor. Checked Xorg.log and didn't see any errors, but I was only looking for lines with EE.ĥ. Alt-PrtSc-K seemed to give me back the ability to access the tty.Ĥ. Blank screen after 'startx' after reboot after install cg from nvidia: rozky: Linux - Software: 2: 04-04-2005 08:49 PM: How to start KDE automaticlly without typing 'startx' then 'startkde' Jonescity: Slackware: 8: 10-29-2004 09:32 PM: no X after boot, instead taken to a console and have to manually 'startx' OmniXBro: Mandriva: 2: 03-21-2004 04. When I tried 'startx' as root, my screen goes black with the non-blinking cursor and I lose the ability to move between tty. Booted into recovery at runlevel 1 and changed to runlevel 2 and runlevel3. I have network access, but not sure what I could do at this level.ģ. With both Crunchbang 32-bit and Fedora installed and working, I can chroot into the bunsenlabs distro if I need to do that.Ģ.

Win8 works, and I used my Fedora install to make the USB. Thus, I blindly used 'SUPER-T' to open a terminal, typed 'sudo reboot' enter, then my password and enter. sudo nano /boot/config. None of the virtual consoles seem to work. If Step 8 has not prevented the screen blanking, there are a couple of other places that you could try altering which have worked for earlier versions of the OS. I've had the black screen without a cursor before, and I had to switch to tty so that I could use the command line to install video drivers. Unlike other posts reported by google, this cursor is NOT blinking. Instead of booting into bunsenlabs, my screen is black with a cursor in the top left corner.

Last night, I updated my system (apt-get update). I already have a USB of the new version of bunsenlabs ready to reinstall (that's what I'm using now), but before I did that, I'd like to see if I can fix the problem myself. I ran into a problem today and I need some advice on how to troubleshoot it.

Blank screen after entering startx