<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN"> <html> <head> </head> <body bgcolor="#ffffff" text="#000000"> <blockquote>On Sat, 2007-11-17 at 09:06 +1000, Brian Chadwick wrote: > I have an nVidia 7600 graphics card, livna kmod-nvidia, on an Athlon > XP3200+, using F8 > > Desktop Effects works fine, BUT, if I use <Ctrl> <Alt> <Fn> to change to > a text mode virtual terminal, strange things happen. On using <Ctrl> > <Alt> <Fn> to change to a text terminal, all seems fine. Then using > <Ctrl> <Alt> <F7> to go back to the X session gives a black screen with > only the mouse pointer showing. No X shortcuts work. Using <Ctrl> <Alt> > <Fn> to get back to a text mode screen does not work. The only way out > is to hard reset the machine. > > Any ideas? > > Brian > Seems like an nVidia driver / Video BIOS to me. I'd suggest you post a message in nVidia's Linux forum [1]. IF Desktop effects is Disabled (ie running metacity instead of compiz) .. there is no problem ... I think its a compiz problem </blockquote> <pre> </pre> </body> </html>