Hi Joe,

I have a GeForce 2 MX 400, and when X would unexpectedly quit (due to a 
configuration file mistake) it would return the console and make it much 
dimmer (like what you describe). Since i solved the configuration error, X 
hasn't ever froze on me and when i normally shut down X, the console window 
is fine. Have you checked the X logs? maybe when you close X, for some 
reason it has an error and isn't able to shut down properly then dies. I'm 
running NetBSD 1.6 and i'm not and XFree86 4.1.0, i think.
-rian


>From: "Herman, Joe" <Joe.Herman@trw.com>
>To: <port-i386@netbsd.org>
>Subject: XFree86 and NVIDIA GeForce2 card and dimming
>Date: Fri, 10 Jan 2003 13:57:19 -0800
>
>Hi,
>
>I'm running NetBSD 1.5.2 on a i386 architecture with a NVIDIA GeForce 2 
>video
>card.  I've seen a couple of messages in the archives pertaining to my 
>problem
>but was still not clear on the solution.  I run startx and "X windows" runs 
>just
>fine.  I have the "dimming" problem where, when I exit X windows, the 
>console
>is dimmer.  Repeated exits (2 or 3) from startx cause the console to be too 
>dim
>to read.
>
>I'm currently running XFree86 4.0.3.  Will upgrading to 4.1.0 fix my 
>problem? or
>do I need to also update the NVIDIA drivers?
>
>Any help would greatly appreciated!
>
>Thanks in advance,
>Joe


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