It sounds like a problem with X, more than anything else.  It _might_ help
to know more about your hardware, and maybe what X-server you're using -
SVGA vs. S3V vs. MACH64, etc.

-Matt Stegman
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On Fri, 7 Apr 2000, Trevor Farrell wrote:
> If I log into  KDE as usual, then Ctrl-Alt-F1 to go to a text console
> all goes well, until I Alt-F7 to get back to KDE.
> 
> All I get is a black screen. The only keyboard combo that does anything
> that I can find is Ctrl-Alt-Del, which does a proper shutdown (although
> I can't see anything on the monitor) and reboot.  Num lock, Caps lock &
> scroll lock lights don't toggle, Alt-F1 (or Ctrl-Alt-F1) or any other F
> key does nothing, nor does Ctrl-Alt-Backspace. The monitor doesn't come
> back until the machine restarts.
> 
> I've looked in all the /var/log files for something that might explain
> it - but all looks fine to me (but I don't really know what I'm looking
> for!)

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