Screen Goes Black after running Xserver

[crash3m]

Is this on Debian stable where you cannot switch VT's with xorg?  I'm
running unstable and it has always worked for me.

Matt

On 1/16/06, Jack <quiet_celt at yahoo.com> wrote:
>
> --- Linux Rocks wrote:
>
> > Hello Everyone;
> >
> > I have a problem running Debian on a Acer TravelMate
> > 260 laptop:
> >
> > The system boots up and I can login in the command
> > prompt and change to different screens (ctrl-alt-f1
> > to
> > f7). But, Once I startx I CANNOT change screens.
> I have noticed that if you are running X.org instead
> of
> XFree86 that for some stupid reason the screen
> switching
> is disabled. At least by default. Therefore the first
> thing
> I do with a debian install is remove X.org and install
> the
> older XFree86. There may be some configuration thing
> that
> can be done to make X.org re-enable screen switching,
> but
> I have no desire to waste time figuring out something
> that
> should be on by default.
>
> I suspect this is the cause of you non-functioning VT
> switching. It is a feature, not a machine specific
> problem.
>
> Brian JD
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