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
runlevel 3
. You will get a console login. So log in as root. Type
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:
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)
:save! xorg.conf
Quit:
:q
Type:
reboot
Good luck.
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)
Or there is some problem with the driver, just type:
glxinfo|grep direct
yo should get “direct rendering: Yes”