Date: Mon, 28 Jul 1997 22:13:51 -0700 (PDT) From: Doug White <dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu> To: Mike Jeays <jeays@statcan.ca> Cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Crashed X-server Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.96.970728221306.7914B-100000@localhost> In-Reply-To: <Pine.SOL.3.96.970728230556.8929A-100000@austral>
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On Mon, 28 Jul 1997, Mike Jeays wrote: > > > > > Also, you can use Cntl-Alt-Backspace to kill the X server, or hit > > Cntl-Alt-F1 to get your console back. Then kill xdm or X and you should > > be OK. > > > Thanks for the advice, and re-assurance that the /stand directory > looks OK. > > My X-server crashes much harder than this - it becomes entirely > non-responsive to all key combinations that I have ever tried, > including the ones you suggest. I believe the OS is still running in the > background, but is entirely inaccessible. Does this seem plausible? Yeah, it can happen. The X server must be locking up _solid_ for this to happen. What type of video card do you have? Doug White | University of Oregon Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | Residence Networking Assistant http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | Computer Science Major Spam routed to /dev/null by Procmail | Death to Cyberpromo
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