From owner-freebsd-questions Mon Dec 28 19:41:06 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id TAA08560 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Mon, 28 Dec 1998 19:41:06 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from summer.kumagai.nf (cartman98.zip.com.au [61.8.20.226]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id TAA08555 for ; Mon, 28 Dec 1998 19:41:02 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from shigetoh@zip.com.au) Received: from localhost (shigetoh@localhost) by summer.kumagai.nf (8.8.8/8.8.8) with SMTP id OAA22485; Tue, 29 Dec 1998 14:39:37 +1100 (EST) (envelope-from shigetoh@zip.com.au) X-Authentication-Warning: summer.kumagai.nf: shigetoh owned process doing -bs Date: Tue, 29 Dec 1998 14:39:36 +1100 (EST) From: Shigetoh Kumagai X-Sender: shigetoh@summer.kumagai.nf Reply-To: Shigetoh Kumagai To: Leo Kliger cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Console frozen when X-server exited In-Reply-To: <199812290307.OAA22116@astea.com.au> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Leo, thanks for you mail. I actually tried that(Please see my previous mail.) But console is locked or invisible for ALT+F1, ALT+F2 or ALT+F3. There is no login prompt.. that I can see.. I suppose I haven't tried enough. Let me try again... Yes I can login on ALT+F2 screen! but it is invisible! shigetoh@summer:>w 2:35PM up 1 day, 16 mins, 3 users, load averages: 0.37, 0.33, 0.30 USER TTY FROM LOGIN@ IDLE WHAT shigetoh v0 - Mon02PM 1:44 -tcsh (tcsh) shigetoh v1 - 2:32PM 2 -tcsh (tcsh) shigetoh p0 sprint 11:00AM 1:37 xinit /usr/home/shigetoh/.xinitrc - ------> Sail OZ Shigetoh Kumagai On Tue, 29 Dec 1998, Leo Kliger wrote: > 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