CentOS - Sep 2007 - Waking up X

I just finished installing CentOS 5 (again)... and I'm having trouble
with my X config (I _think_).

If I 'startx' then switch to a console (using CTRL+ALT+F*) and then
back to X (CTRL+ALT+F7), 1/2 the time it comes back, the other half I
get a black screen and I can never recover the session.

X is still running (CTRL+ALT+Backspace kills it) but there seems to be
some type of power saving or screensaver that kicks in and won't let
the session restore...

Any hints on where to look?  The X logs don't _seem_ to show anything...

- G.

On 9/26/07, semi linux <linuxsemi at gmail.com>
wrote:
> I just finished installing CentOS 5 (again)... and I'm having trouble
> with my X config (I _think_).
>
> If I 'startx' then switch to a console (using CTRL+ALT+F*) and then
> back to X (CTRL+ALT+F7), 1/2 the time it comes back, the other half I
> get a black screen and I can never recover the session.
Under normal circumstances with a CentOS 5 install you should not need
to run "startx" because GDM will already be running on console F7.
Did you do something to disable GDM?  If not, might it be that you
have two X11 sessions battling for the same virtual console?