Black screen on logout

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curious_george
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Black screen on logout

Post by curious_george » 2013/01/26 00:55:08

On CentOS 6.3 (using a laptop, with an i7 processor), whenever I logout, I get a black screen. The only way to get back to a login screen is to power off the computer and power it back on. Does anyone know how to resolve this? I do not see anything off in /var/log/messages.

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Black screen on logout

Post by TrevorH » 2013/01/26 12:34:40

Anything in /var/log/Xorg*.log?

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Re: Black screen on logout

Post by curious_george » 2013/01/26 23:30:24

Yes, there is something in that log (Xorg.0.log), but I can't make any sense of it. Suggestions? Here is the sections from the log:

[quote]
[ 153.632] (II) AT Translated Set 2 keyboard: Close
[ 153.632] (II) UnloadModule: "evdev"
[ 153.632] (II) Unloading evdev
[ 153.637] (II) Lid Switch: Close
[ 153.637] (II) UnloadModule: "evdev"
[ 153.637] (II) Unloading evdev
[ 153.640] (II) Sleep Button: Close
[ 153.640] (II) UnloadModule: "evdev"
[ 153.640] (II) Unloading evdev
[ 153.647] (II) Power Button: Close
[ 153.647] (II) UnloadModule: "evdev"
[ 153.647] (II) Unloading evdev
[ 153.655] (II) Video Bus: Close
[ 153.662] (II) UnloadModule: "evdev"
[ 153.662] (II) Unloading evdev
[ 153.676] (II) Power Button: Close
[ 153.676] (II) UnloadModule: "evdev"
[ 153.676] (II) Unloading evdev
[ 153.689] (II) PS/2 Generic Mouse: Close
[ 153.689] (II) UnloadModule: "evdev"
[ 153.689] (II) Unloading evdev
[ 153.696] (II) Macintosh mouse button emulation: Close
[ 153.696] (II) UnloadModule: "evdev"
[ 153.696] (II) Unloading evdev
[/quote]

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Re: Black screen on logout

Post by curious_george » 2013/01/26 23:39:44

Also, the graphics card is the Intel HD Graphics 4000

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Re: Black screen on logout

Post by curious_george » 2013/01/29 20:22:16

I am logging in from init 3, doing startx, and trying to logout. I've tried using KDE, and I get the same result. I have even tried ctrl+alt+f3, ctrl+alt+f2, and nothing happens. Any ideas?

The only way to use KDE and switch users is to shut down the computer and restart :-(

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