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Re: [trinity-users] openSUSE 12.2 lockup starting DM after exiting startx

From: "Timothy Pearson" <kb9vqf@...>
Date: Thu, 24 Jan 2013 19:33:26 -0600
> On 2012-12-31 00:16 (GMT-0500) Felix Miata composed:
>
>> I've a bunch of systems with OS 12.2, but only one or two with TDE. On
>> the
>> one currently wired up, which uses sysvinit-init instead of systemd
>> init, I
>> normally boot to runlevel 3, same as on most of my systems. If as normal
>> user
>> I do startx -- :1, exit TDE, and then switch to runlevel 5, the system
>> quickly locks up completely, and puts the display in sleep mode. IIRC,
>> this
>> doesn't happen on KDE3 or KDE4 systems. :-(
>
>> Where in the world does one begin to try to figure out the cause? Any
>> ideas?
>
> Ping

Sounds like a graphics driver problem.  I remember having some problems a
long time ago on Ubuntu with the ATI drivers and the graphical startup
screen enabled, however those issues were not TDE specific.

Tim