From owner-freebsd-questions Sat Aug 3 6: 4:29 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.FreeBSD.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 32EDF37B400 for ; Sat, 3 Aug 2002 06:04:28 -0700 (PDT) Received: from mail.seattleFenix.net (seattleFenix.net [216.39.145.247]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 87A3A43E3B for ; Sat, 3 Aug 2002 06:04:27 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from roo@mail.seattleFenix.net) Received: (from roo@localhost) by mail.seattleFenix.net (8.11.6/8.11.6) id g73D4GT24376; Sat, 3 Aug 2002 06:04:16 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from roo) Date: Sat, 3 Aug 2002 06:04:15 -0700 From: Benjamin Krueger To: "Janine C . Buorditez" Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Mode switch rollercoaster after seejpeg crash termination Message-ID: <20020803060415.G19478@mail.seattleFenix.net> References: <20020803145124.6aea0cb6.janine@broadpark.no> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5i In-Reply-To: <20020803145124.6aea0cb6.janine@broadpark.no>; from janine@broadpark.no on Sat, Aug 03, 2002 at 02:51:24PM +0200 X-PGP-Key: http://www.macguire.net/benjamin/public_key.asc Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG * Janine C . Buorditez (janine@broadpark.no) [020803 05:51]: > Hi. > > seejpeg stopped responding while viewing a picture in console. > > Switching to any of the other virtual consoles did not work, hence I had to > remotely kill the hung up process. When I returned to the machine, the picture > was still there. I pressed CTRL+C and it went away, trying to switch back to > its original console video mode. But it seems to be switching forth and back > all the time, and I believe leaving my monitor on would be fatal. > > Does anyone know what to do? The machine has such a nifty uptime that rebooting > it is not an option. > > Love, > Janine Is not being able to use the machine an option? See if the process is still running, or if another process (perhaps a parent) is unhappy. How exactly is it flopping back and forth? -- Benjamin Krueger "Life is far too important a thing ever to talk seriously about." - Oscar Wilde (1854 - 1900) ---------------------------------------------------------------- Send mail w/ subject 'send public key' or query for (0x251A4B18) Fingerprint = A642 F299 C1C1 C828 F186 A851 CFF0 7711 251A 4B18 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message