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> Trevor Farrell wrote:
> >
> > In the ongoing tradition of "weird & wacky" Ver 7.0-2 problems:
> >
> > 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!)
> >
> > Anybody have any solutions/hints/comments/guesses???
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> > Trevor
OK, you only need to do Alt-F7 to go back to X, but Ctrl-Alt-F7 works too.
And, yes, this has always worked on all previous versions of Linux I have
ran on ANY box.
As for my h/ware, SiS 6326 chip detected & installed automatically by Mdk
7.0-2, using the SVGA server. The only thing I changed was setting default
colour depth from 24bpp to 16bpp to fix Netscape's little monochrome icon
problem.
The fault, by the way, is intermittent, sometimes it works and sometimes it
locks - seems to be about 50/50, but I don't like to do it to often.
One of the local guys here suggested it might be something to do with power
management shutting down or putting something to sleep. I did an
"everything-but-the-kitchen-sink" install, and I notice Kapm & laptop stuff
on the Kmenus. Is there something there I should look at? Perhaps uninstall
some stuff?
