From owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Mar 1 20:37:03 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id BD06F16A4CE for ; Mon, 1 Mar 2004 20:37:03 -0800 (PST) Received: from endif.cjb.net (65-101-229-205.dnvr.qwest.net [65.101.229.205]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with SMTP id E667A43D2F for ; Mon, 1 Mar 2004 20:37:00 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from end@endif.cjb.net) Received: (qmail 23925 invoked from network); 2 Mar 2004 04:36:57 -0000 Received: from localhost (127.0.0.1) by localhost with SMTP; 2 Mar 2004 04:36:57 -0000 Date: Mon, 1 Mar 2004 21:36:57 -0700 From: Robin Schoonover To: Don Lewis In-Reply-To: <200403020423.i224N57E096766@gw.catspoiler.org> References: <200403011707.i21H7OE6013801@green.homeunix.org> <200403020423.i224N57E096766@gw.catspoiler.org> X-Mailer: Sylpheed version 0.9.9claws (GTK+ 1.2.10; i386-portbld-freebsd5.2.1) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-Id: <20040302043700.E667A43D2F@mx1.FreeBSD.org> cc: freebsd-current@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: Mozilla Firefox and firebird problems after sat 022604upgradeof FreeBSD-current X-BeenThere: freebsd-current@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Discussions about the use of FreeBSD-current List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 02 Mar 2004 04:37:03 -0000 On Mon, 1 Mar 2004 20:23:05 -0800 (PST), Don Lewis wrote: > On 1 Mar, Brian F. Feldman wrote: > > Why in the world are you going around recompiling ports and changing > > dotfiles to find a lock-up? Either X is having problems, or the kernel > > is having problems. Go to the _CONSOLE_ and execute the programs that > > are "causing" the "lock-up" and you will stand a chance at actually > > finding and fixing whatever is going wrong. > > > > Ctrl-Alt-F1 > > > > DISPLAY=:0.0 firefox > > > > (or whatever) > > That's really a neat trick. I think it deserves to be documented > somewhere. > It is. X(1) (man X) You may need to install XFree86-manuals (x11/XFree86-4-manuals). Although, being this is really about debugging system trouble, it may be a good idea to document with whatever other stuff we have about the subject. -- Robin Schoonover (aka End) # # To err is human; to really screw things up requires the root password #