linux console doesn't work!!!

[erikash]

hi, i've installed yoper yesterday... great distribution!
but everytime i press ctrl+alt+f2/f3/f4...
my computer freezes... any ideas?

thanks in advance,
erik

[kkubasik]

are you in a grapical interface at the time? I think that KDE will interecept those keyboard commands, you would need to type crtl+alt+bkspace to kill the X server. But if you want a terminal, your better off just opening an xterm or the like....

[erikash]

i am in kde at the time, i need a real console, not in x...
but every time i switch to any console alt+ctrl+f2/3/4/5/6 the computer freezes.... please guys... how to fix this problem?

[IsaacKuo]

I'm not familiar with Yoper, but I am a KDE user and have never had any problem getting to the text consoles with ctrl-alt-f1...f6. I use Debian based distributions, like Debian, Mepis, and Knoppix.

[blackbronze99]

hi former yoper user here.

during the log in screen in the right hand cornner of the log in box type thingy there should be a pull down list type thing. I gives you choices for differnt window manager and desktop enviorments and such. One of the choices just the basic terminal. hope that helps and it may not be exactly where I said it was but it should be.

[erikash]

do i need to reinstall the console...? how to do it? new kernel?
did anybody had this problem?

[dylunio]

do i need to reinstall the console...? how to do it? new kernel?
did anybody had this problem?

This shouldn't be needed, do as blackbronze99 suggested

dylunio

[erikash]

hi former yoper user here.

during the log in screen in the right hand cornner of the log in box type thingy there should be a pull down list type thing. I gives you choices for differnt window manager and desktop enviorments and such. One of the choices just the basic terminal. hope that helps and it may not be exactly where I said it was but it should be.

i did what you said... it porbably was "console login", i pressed it and it did go into console... i logged in started x and it worked! (for some reason the fonts were smaller...?) but again as i pressed alt+ctr+F/1/2/3/4/5/6 from kde the computer froze at the console! why does it freezes????

[blackbronze99]

probly a bug in KDE...Use synaptic to update yours. Besides Black-Box is better.