Ctrl+ Alt + F10 blacks out screen

[jripple]

Recently installed karmic dual boot with WinXP.

Checked System references:Keyboard Shortcuts for this and found nothing there that might cause it.

Don't have a programmable keyboard.

Haven't found any way to bring the screens out of blackout mode. Have to reboot with Ctrl+Alt+Delete.

Has anybody else experienced this?

Any ideas on this appreciated.

Thanks,
J.

[sxmaxchine]

hey i have pressed ctr+alt+delete i think it was meant to be a benchmark test however i dont think it works also i just read that on some random web site so it probably isnt true

[mihamil]

After you hit Ctrl Alt F10 and the screen goes black. Hit Ctrl Alt F7 to return to Gnome.

[mcduck]

That's just normal. Ctrl+Alt+function keys are used to switch between different running sessions. By default you have 6 terminal sessions running in Ctrl+Alt+F1 to Ctrl+Alt+F6, and your graphical desktop is at Ctrl+Alt+F7.

If you log in another user (without logging out the first one), that user's session will run in Ctrl+Alt+F8. Add one more user, and that will get the next session at Ctrl+Alt+F9 and so on.

The reason Ctrl+Alt+F10 gives you black screen is that it's empty session, there's nothing running there at the moment.

[jripple]

Great!! thanks a lot!
J.