[luau] X causes 'black screen of death'

[DeanFujioka]

Sorry, forgot to change the subject on the last one..
Hi All,

When I boot my new install of Woody, I can see boot messages until it loads 
gdm, then the screen goes black. At this point I can't press the Numlock key 
to get the light to go on/off. I can't change terminals either (Alt+Ctrl+F2), 
Alt+F4, etc. 

The only way I can get to a login prompt is if I remove the XF86Config-4 
file. When I do so, My machine gives me a text login, and asks if I wan to 
configure X. I do, and try startx, and then get a black screen again. I have 
tried dkpg-reconfigure xserver-xfree86 with the same results. I am writing 
this email with a working Rhat partition on the same box. I've tried cutting 
and pasting the card and monitor device sections and pasting them into the 
Woody's XF86Config-4 file from the working Redhat XF86Config-4 file, with the 
same black screen of death. I've tried copying the file in whole with no 
avail as well.

What's odd is that each time I try to start X, the log file is not updated 
from the time I booted without the XF86Config-4 file, so I can't tell where 
it's failing.  
I have tried settings of 640x480 with 8 bit color, and that doesn't go either.

How can I find out what is causing the "black screen"?
Is there something else I can post to help you help me?

TIA,
dean