Trevor BROOKES wrote:
>
> I get for instance a error message 3581 when trying to run a program but
> this is not the only message
>
> I get also a black screen quite often and have to re boot by the on/off
> button as unable to get back to KDE
>
> do you know how to get around this black screen

CTRL+ALT+BACKSPACE should restart the X server without a reboot.

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