Quote Originally Posted by arkaoss
well thanks a million, dang I feel sheepish, that worked..
but now...
it still won't display X when I try to swap back to it.... any suggestions.. something about maybe the x settings I could look at?
Well it seems that X does not like your card/kvm/monitor setup but there is a couple of things, have you looked at the /etc/X11/XF86Config-4 and checked the HorizSync and VertRefresh settings and made sure they match your monitor? Also you could check to make sure the X server did not get killed off when you switch to the console as root in the console startx if it gives you an error saying server is already running you will most likely have to CTRL + C to get a prompt back. If it is running also as root in the console /etc/init.d/xsession restart to start the session again and see if it will get you back to a graphic screen. note: any unsaved work in the session you left will be lost.