i have a serious problem with ctrl+alt+fn. when i try it i change to console, but when i give alt+f7 or ctrl+alt+f7 my pc crashes. i don't know what to do in order to fix it.

i use debian sarge 3.1 with kde 3.4.1(but i had this problem with kde 3.3 too)

i fogot to write that my graphics card is an ati radeon 9600 pro and i have the latest ati drivers installed(i had that problem with the previous too)

I have almost the opposite problem. I cannot get to console mode from within KDE.

For your case, as a start, I'd suggest trying: Become root. Do ps -A|grep kdm to see if the display manager is still loaded before you try to get back to console 7.

i typed as root:

ps -A|grep kdm
and the output was:

3968 ? 00:00:00 kdm
4061? 00:00:00 kdm

i rebooted and then booted in failsafe mode. i discovered that alt+fn does not work. i cannot understand what problem i do have..

i have just discovered something very strange.

if, before i use ctrl+alt+fn for the first time, i type

sudo /etc/init.d/kdm stop
and then i start kdm again
/etc/init.d/kdm start

my ctrl+alt+fn works fine! why do i need to stop and restart kdm??i do not believe that this is a kdm's problem because i had the same problem when i tried xdm.

i cannot fix my problem so i post a part of my /etc/kde3/kdm/kdmrc file which has to do with virtual consoles:

[General]
# This option exists solely for the purpose of a clean automatic upgrade.
# Do not even think about changing it!
ConfigVersion=2.3
# List of permanent displays. Displays with a hostname are foreign. A display
# class may be specified separated by an underscore.
# Default is ":0"
StaticServers=:0
# List of on-demand displays. See StaticServers for syntax.
# Default is ""
ReserveServers=:1,:2,:3
# VTs to allocate to X-servers. A negative number means that the VT will be
# used only if it is free. If all VTs in this list are used up, the next free
# one greater than the last one in this list will be allocated.
# Default is ""
ServerVTs=-7
# TTYs (without /dev/) to monitor for activity while in console mode.
# Default is ""
ConsoleTTYs=tty1,tty2,tty3,tty4,tty5,tty6
# Where KDM should store its PID (do not store if empty).
# Default is ""
PidFile=/var/run/kdm.pid
# Whether KDM should lock the PID file to prevent having multiple KDM
# instances running at once. Do not change unless you are brave.
# Default is true
#LockPidFile=false

is anything wrong???

i uninstalled kdm, and used startx, and i had the same problem....