From owner-freebsd-questions Mon Dec 28 19:00:59 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id TAA04557 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Mon, 28 Dec 1998 19:00:59 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from voltimand.astea.com.au ([203.20.95.18]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id TAA04552 for ; Mon, 28 Dec 1998 19:00:55 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from leo@astea.com.au) Received: (from nobody@localhost) by voltimand.astea.com.au (8.7.5/8.7.3) id OAA07358; Tue, 29 Dec 1998 14:05:51 +1100 (EST) X-Authentication-Warning: voltimand.astea.com.au: nobody set sender to using -f Received: from guildenstern.astea.com.au(222.2.2.20) by voltimand.astea.com.au via smap (V1.3) id sma007356; Tue Dec 29 14:05:32 1998 Received: from robert.astea.com.au (robert.astea.com.au [222.2.2.50]) by astea.com.au (8.7.5/8.7.3) with ESMTP id OAA22116; Tue, 29 Dec 1998 14:07:07 +1100 (EST) Message-Id: <199812290307.OAA22116@astea.com.au> From: "Leo Kliger" To: , "Shigetoh Kumagai" Subject: Re: Console frozen when X-server exited Date: Tue, 29 Dec 1998 13:55:25 +1100 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Priority: 3 X-Mailer: Microsoft Internet Mail 4.70.1155 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG not a real solution but why don't you press ALT-F2 login in again and then ps aux at the prompt and kill the frozen session??? ---------- > From: Shigetoh Kumagai > To: Greg Lehey > Cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG > Subject: Re: Console frozen when X-server exited > Date: Tuesday, December 29, 1998 1:50 PM > > Greg, > Thank you for your reply! > > I made it work by starting from one of telnet session from another > machine. > > Well, everything works under X-Window, however when I close my X session, > the PC console is still locked. So I had to start X again from telnet. I > wish there are way or tool to refresh or reset the console so I do not > have to reboot soon. > > I wonder how this resetting console should be done. Is there any place or > documentatoins I can look at? > > BTW, I found kbd_mode(1) but not much effect on console itself(it's only > for keyboard, isn't it?). > > Keyboard and screen works when > 1) X is running > a) I can switch to console using ALT+CTL+1, then back to X session > pressing ALT+F4. However there is no login prompt or shell session visible > on console when pressing ALT+F1, ALT+F2 or ALT+F3, and no response to > keyboard in either virtual console. > > > ------> Sail OZ > Shigetoh Kumagai > > On Mon, 28 Dec 1998, Greg Lehey wrote: > > > You're probably out of luck here. The X server is responsible for > > resetting the console, and if it is killed, it doesn't happen. > > > > You can restart the server from the telnet session. There's a good > > (but not excellent) chance that it will work. > > > > > > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message