Enabling desktop effects results in white screen

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When I checked the “Enable Desktop Effects” box, the desktop suddenly
dropped out: the title bars and borders from each window disappeared,
then then the windows disappeared, then turned to a blank white screen
with only the mouse pointer (still movable).

I rebooted the computer, but even in safe mode I still only get to a
blank white screen. I can CTRL+ALT+Fx and get to a terminal. Any ideas
on what I can do?

openSUSE 11.0 with GNOME
ATI Radeon X700 Video Card

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LtGordon;1909578 Wrote:
> When I checked the “Enable Desktop Effects” box, the desktop suddenly
> dropped out: the title bars and borders from each window disappeared,
> then then the windows disappeared, then turned to a blank white screen
> with only the mouse pointer (still movable).
>
> I rebooted the computer, but even in safe mode I still only get to a
> blank white screen. I can CTRL+ALT+Fx and get to a terminal. Any ideas
> on what I can do?
>
> openSUSE 11.0 with GNOME
> ATI Radeon X700 Video Card

At the boot screen type

Code:

runlevel 3

. You will get a console login. So log in as root. Type

Code:

edit /etc/X11/xorg.conf

Search for this section and hit A key - now you can write into this
file. Do not change anything except this:

Code:

Section “Extensions”
Option “Composite” “Disable”
EndSection

In your xorg.conf this option is set to Enable, Yes, or something.
Change it to “Disable”.
save your file. (Hit the Esc key and type)

Code:

:save! xorg.conf

Quit:

Code:

:q

Type:

Code:

reboot

Good luck.

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Or… this means that there ain’t no driver.
I go to init 3, and install driver. After, I use a command
sax2 -r -m 0=fglrx (for ati, or for nvidia: 0=nvidia)

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Or there is some problem with the driver, just type:

glxinfo|grep direct

yo should get “direct rendering: Yes”

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