Date: Fri, 23 Jul 1999 01:36:43 +0000 (GMT) From: Terry Lambert <tlambert@primenet.com> To: drosih@rpi.edu (Garance A Drosihn) Cc: scheper@beast.toad.net, freebsd-smp@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: SMP + XDM = keyboard lockup Message-ID: <199907230136.SAA07637@usr09.primenet.com> In-Reply-To: <v04011701b3bd36616a0b@[128.113.24.47]> from "Garance A Drosihn" at Jul 22, 99 05:00:55 pm
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> At 3:16 PM -0400 7/22/99, Richard Scheper wrote: > > Actually, I don't have another way in, just the console. If I > > cause the lockup I have no recourse but to turn the computer > > off. It makes it tough to get info, I know. I never see any > > error messages in /var/log/messages > > Early in the login process, start some dumb script which just > loops around dumping the output of 'ps' into some file (with > a 'sleep' in the loop, of course!). And a "sync" or three before the sleep, in case you have to BRS it. > If you're a bit more > daring, you could also have this other script kill off your > xdm task after a few minutes, which should give you control > back. Depending on the actual source of the lockup... Terry Lambert terry@lambert.org --- Any opinions in this posting are my own and not those of my present or previous employers. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-smp" in the body of the message
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