The following is the dialogue in order of receipt from the List in July.
I have sent this to you personally, as well as [EMAIL PROTECTED]
because your original message was sent to [EMAIL PROTECTED], and all my
replies get bounced from that address.
Good luck!
--Greg
----- Original Message -----
From: "Benjamin"
> 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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----- Original Message -----
From: "Norvell"
> Until you get it solved: When you logout and get just the blank screen,
> try <Ctrl><Alt><Bkspc>; this is supposed to kill the X server. If that
> doesn't do it, hit <Ctrl><Alt><F1> (or <Ctrl><Alt><F{2 - 6}> if <F1>
> doesn't do anything). This should switch you back to a console where
> you can login as root and do a `shutdown -r now' to reboot, the safe
> way.
>
> I've never experienced that problem before, AFAIR, but which version of
> XFree86 did you select? The version 4 with Mandrake 7.1 is not the
> stablest for all video cards and there may be some updated RPMs under
> the updates or cooker directories at a mirror near you. I'm sure I saw
> at least a version 4.01 somewhere.
>
> Wish I could be more helpful. . .
>
> ---Norvell Spearman
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---- Original Message -----
From: "Benjamin"
> Dear friends:
>
> Thanks to two list members, one on the KDE list, I understand the
> problem of why sometimes when I log off from KDE, I end up in a blank,
> dark screen instead of the console. Here is the explanation from Kevin
> of the KDE list:
>
> "The problem I think, is that you are not being switched back to a
> tty. Once you get to your pitch black screen, try pressing either
> ALT-Fn,
> or CTRL-ALT-Fn, where n=1...6. X usually shows up as ALT-F7, or
> CTRL-ALT-F7. I had the same problem when I first installed Caldera
> 2.2. BTW the reason for the ALT/CTRL-ALT confusion is that from the
> console, ALT works, but X traps it and uses CTRL-ALT instead. Since X
> should have shut down by that point ALT should work, but I have found
> that
> CTRL-ALT works without X as well.
>
> Thanks so much, folks.
>
> I feel a lot better now.
>
> Benjamin
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Sarang"
> user Ctrl-Alt-Backspace to kill X and come to console..
>
> If the above dosn't work then try putting the kbd in raw mode by pressing
> Alt-SysReq-r and then the above keys..
>
> I had teh above problem once and I think it was coz I had a trident blade
> 3D adn the default X server didn't work well with it.. I downloaded alpha
> version of driver from Trident's website and everything was fine! so i
> guess the problem is in u're video card.
>
> -sarang
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Benjamin"
> Dear NorvelL:
>
> You have been very helpful. Right on target. It was that Xfree86 4.0
> that was the culprit. My Diamond Viper 550 3D card is fully supported by
> Linux. It's on their list of video cards. But Xfree86 4.0 is too
> unstable and was wreaking havoc with my system. I just finished a
> completely fresh install with Xfree86 3.3.6. and all seems well as far
> as the video issues are concerned. But now I have a bizarre problem on
> the boot-up about which I wrote the list. It's probably an innocent
> matter, but I don't understand. If you see my message and can help, I'd
> really appreciate it.
>
> Thanks so much.
>
> Benjamin
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