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Date:      Wed, 01 Apr 1998 00:56:02 +0900
From:      Kazutaka YOKOTA <yokota@zodiac.mech.utsunomiya-u.ac.jp>
To:        David Kelly <dkelly@nebula.tbe.com>
Cc:        freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG, yokota@zodiac.mech.utsunomiya-u.ac.jp
Subject:   Re: stuck console 
Message-ID:  <199803311556.AAA23553@zodiac.mech.utsunomiya-u.ac.jp>
In-Reply-To: Your message of "Tue, 31 Mar 1998 08:57:47 CST." <199803311457.IAA26168@PeeCee.tbe.com> 
References:  <199803311457.IAA26168@PeeCee.tbe.com> 

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>On exit from X last night my vty console did not recover. 

What did it look? A blank screen? Garbage?

>Normally I login 
>via vty0 and launch startx. Am running the XF86_Mach64 server.

Which version of XFree86 are you running?  Did the X server
actually stop? Or, was it hanging the console?

>Today, I telent'ed in from another system and launched startx. 

Did it start the X server successfully?  

>So for now 
>I'm functioning without having to reboot. Alt-F[1-4] do nothing. The 
>Scroll Lock key does nothing. 

If you are in the X session, you should be using Ctl-Alt-F[1-4] :-)

>Any way to reset the text console?

I am afraid there is no way ;-(

>Would like to continue my 53 day streak (not really unusual) if possible.

Sorry, I can be of little help...

Kazu

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