Ya know... I had the same problem when I installed LM7.0 using XF86 3.3.6 on a Gateway
with an OEM spec'd 3Dfx Voodoo Banshee video card. Most of the time when I exited X,
the screen would go blank and console would not show up. A few times I was able to
blindly type
shutdown -h now [enter]
but most of the time the machine would just hang. A hard power-down was the only thing
I could do.
I haven't checked, but is your Nvidia TNT 3d card fully supported? Ifnot, maybe it
could be having the same (similar) problem as I had until I bought an old P233 box
with an ATI Rage card.
--greg
> Dear friends:
>
> Just bought and installed LM 7.1. The installation went fine but I have
> one urgent problem:
>
> Normally when I log off from my default desktop, KDE, into the
> console, I have no problem, but sometimes, and I emphasize, SOMETIMES, I
> end up landing in pitch darkness. That is, the screen shows no sign of
> the console. I wait and wait and nothing happens. I am forced to power
> off and then power back on. Linux then runs through the e2fsc check
> during boot-up. As you can imagine, this makes me very nervous.
>
> Meanwhile, I have tried out Gnome and Fvwm by using switchdesk, and they
> work fine. KDE, of course, remains my preferred desktop.
>
> This has never happened to me before in Linux.
>
> Any idea what could be causing this and how to solve it?
>
> Hope you can help.
>
> All my thanks!
>
> Benjamin
>
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