root@next1.questor.wimsey.bc.ca (Operator) (04/17/91)
I turned on my machine the other day, and it goes through the normal bootup but before it gets to the LoginWindow, the screen goes blank and stays there ! Anyone got any clues ?
smb@data.com (Steven M. Boker) (04/18/91)
In article <1991Apr17.000050.404@questor.wimsey.bc.ca> root@next1.questor.wimsey.bc.ca (Operator) writes: > >I turned on my machine the other day, and it goes through the normal bootup >but before it gets to the LoginWindow, the screen goes blank and stays there ! > >Anyone got any clues ? > No clues, but I can say that your not alone. I have had similar behavior on a random basis (p=.1) for the past month. Steve -- #====#====#====#====#====#====#====#====#====#====#====#====#====#====#====# # Steve Boker # "Two's bifurcation # # smb@data.com # but three's chaotic" # #====#====#====#====#====#====#====#====#====#====#====#====#====#====#====#
hwr@pilhuhn.ka.sub.org (Heiko W.Rupp) (04/18/91)
> >I turned on my machine the other day, and it goes through the normal bootup >but before it gets to the LoginWindow, the screen goes blank and stays there ! > >Anyone got any clues ? Did you modify your /etc/inittab (or how the hell is this beast called) in which is described which shell and/or window should be brought up upon startup. Perhaps you can login via a terminal on serial ports or via ethernet; if not I think you have to rebuild the system from the optical disk :-( Hope that helps... -- Heiko W.Rupp, Gerwigstr.5, D-7500 Karlsruhe 1 | hwr@pilhuhn.ka.sub.org Tel: +49 7021 693642 (voice only) | uk85@dkauni2.bitnet All opinions expressed are my own, but sometimes I don't know what I say
ccoprcd@prism.gatech.EDU (Bruce Coy Dillahunty) (04/20/91)
hwr@pilhuhn.ka.sub.org (Heiko W.Rupp) writes: >> >>I turned on my machine the other day, and it goes through the normal bootup >>but before it gets to the LoginWindow, the screen goes blank and stays there ! >> >>Anyone got any clues ? I have had similar problems on a disk that the machine thought was 100% full. I brought it up single user (bod -s from monitor) and then deleted something. I deleted the swapfile (which had grown large on the optical due to a problem in not recognizing my swapdisk. Might be worth a shot, but no guarantees. -- Dillahunty, Bruce C. Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta Georgia, 30332 404/894-4669 uucp: ...!{allegra,amd,hplabs,seismo,ut-ngp}!gatech!prism!ccoprcd ARPA: ccoprcd@prism.gatech.edu