Date: Tue, 28 Feb 2006 21:59:33 -0800 From: Chris <bsd@1command.com> To: Heliocentric <heliocentric@gmail.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: getting virtual consoles to work reliably with X Message-ID: <20060228215933.erer2bfi4u80ws44@webmail.1command.com> In-Reply-To: <bdf82f800602271355y15ebb70dp93364e3c685f1b17@mail.gmail.com> References: <bdf82f800602271355y15ebb70dp93364e3c685f1b17@mail.gmail.com>
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Greetings, Quoting Heliocentric <heliocentric@gmail.com>: > I've admined a network of FreeBSD 5.4 desktops for a few months now, > and I've noticed that when an X server crashes hard, it will no longer > respond to the control-alt-fn sequences, and not pass them down to > whatever handler is called to switch virtual consoles. Have you tried Ctrl+Alt+Backspace? I have used this successfully in the past when X froze. Also, if X barfed and left you at a blank terminal with no Ctrl+Alt+Fn, You might try Ctrl+d. That will log out and place you at a login terminal. There-by giving you a fresh (clean) session. Hope that helps. --Chris > > When the crash isn't that bad, normally I'd just kill the wdm process > and let init respawn the display manager. But some days I don't have > the option to ssh in or use a serial console to kill the daemon, and > am forced to use the ACPI events to let the kernel shutdown and then > restart the machine. Not only that, but the other people responsible > for these machines are used to using the normal virtual console keys > to kill errant processes on one console that aren't responding to > signals. > > So I'm wondering, is there a compile time option, patch for atkbd, or > configuration setting that will allow that driver to trap the > control-alt-fn sequences itself, before it gets passed up to X? Or am > I misunderstanding how the keyboard is handled in this situation? > > I would appreciate any help on this matter. Thanks in advance. > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > > ---------------------------------------------------------------- This message was sent using IMP, the Internet Messaging Program.
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