Video problem

[ransompendragon]

Here's what you get from a newbie

jesse@lucid:~$ history | awk '{a[$2]++}END{for(i in a){print a [ i ]" " i}}' | sort -rn | head
32 sudo
20 ls
19 cd
16 exit
7 shutdown
7 ps
4 reboot
3 startx
3 kill
2 man
jesse@lucid:~$

And I always feel like a total thread killer--glad I am not alone!

[GreyGeek]

Re: My top ten most used shell commands...

Here's what you get from a newbie
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3 startx
.....

"startx" three times?

Are you having video configuration problems, or do you a console login and starting the desktop manually?

[ransompendragon]

Re: My top ten most used shell commands...

Here's what you get from a newbie
......
3 startx
.....

"startx" three times?

Are you having video configuration problems, or do you a console login and starting the desktop manually?

Yes, sometimes I am getting weird video problems where I have to power off by holding down the button since I can't log in. Then I boot into (drawing a blank suddenly, "repair" or something mode) and after that I select resume normal boot but that doesn't start the gui.

[GreyGeek]

Re: My top ten most used shell commands...

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Yes, sometimes I am getting weird video problems where I have to power off by holding down the button since I can't log in. Then I boot into (drawing a blank suddenly, "repair" or something mode) and after that I select resume normal boot but that doesn't start the gui.

Have you started a thread, giving your hardware config and description of the problem?