[vox-tech] white screen

[Jeff Newmiller]

Jimbo wrote:
>> From what I have read online it appears that this is a common problem.
> 
> A fix is to update beryl which I will try with synaptic once I get to my 
> desktop.
> 
> Do you know how I can do that?  Disable beryl from starting?
> 
> Jimbo

Simpler to use the Ctrl-Alt-F1 and Ctrl-Alt-F7 to switch to and from
console mode.  Then login and use

   sudo apt-get update
   sudo apt-get dist-upgrade

instead of synaptic.

> ----- Original Message ----- From: <jenks at resonance.org>
> To: "lugod's technical discussion forum" <vox-tech at lists.lugod.org>
> Sent: Monday, April 30, 2007 9:10 AM
> Subject: Re: [vox-tech] white screen
> 
> 
>>
>> On Mon, 30 Apr 2007, Jimbo wrote:
>>
>>> Greetings:
>>> Had my linux installed at the installfest.  Worked great at the 
>>> time.  3d acceleration was rightchous.
>>>
>>> I now have a new problem in which I cannot go to my desktop 
>>> environment-just a white screen.  It doesn give me a cursor in which 
>>> can be moved: changes to a pointed hand-link hand-when placed at 
>>> certain areas of the screen.  I guess this means that the mechanics 
>>> are inplemented but everything is a wash.
>>>
>>> Grub does its thing, loads my os, then gives me a user screen as 
>>> usual. When I try to log in as any user, including root, I wind up 
>>> with a white screen.
>>>
>>> I might be able to muddle thru and go to the x files (funny-used to 
>>> watch this show a lot), and change a few options but this is very 
>>> challenging for my given my lvl of expertise.
>>>
>>> Any suggestions are appreciated.
>>>
>>> Jimbo
>>
>>   Dear Jimbo,
>>
>>   I had this happen recently when I tried to install Beryl on my 
>> ubuntu Feisty. I assumed it didn't like my cheap video card. I went to 
>> a console (ctrl-alt-F1), uninstalled beryl and rebooted and everything 
>> was fine. I wonder what you were doing just before the white screen?
>>
>>   Yours,
>>
>>     Chris

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