Date: Sat, 4 Apr 1998 15:44:34 -0500 From: Leo Papandreou <leo@talcom.net> To: freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: stuck console Message-ID: <19980404154434.51170@supersex.com> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.3.96.980402184230.20147B-100000@kott.my.domain>; from David Kott on Thu, Apr 02, 1998 at 06:44:51PM -0500 References: <199803311457.IAA26168@PeeCee.tbe.com> <Pine.BSF.3.96.980402184230.20147B-100000@kott.my.domain>
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On Thu, Apr 02, 1998 at 06:44:51PM -0500, David Kott wrote: > On Tue, 31 Mar 1998, David Kelly wrote: > > > On exit from X last night my vty console did not recover. Normally I login > > via vty0 and launch startx. Am running the XF86_Mach64 server. > > > > Today, I telent'ed in from another system and launched startx. So for now > > I'm functioning without having to reboot. Alt-F[1-4] do nothing. The > > Scroll Lock key does nothing. Any way to reset the text console? > > Terminal lockups have happened to me on every version since 2.1 X or no X. I've always telneted in from another machine and run setcon to regain control. See http://www.awfulhak.demon.co.uk/software.html *Very* useful little program. > > PeeCee: {1003} uptime > > 8:53AM up 53 days, 22 hrs, 3 users, load averages: 0.00, 0.03, 0.00 > > PeeCee: {1004} uname -a > > FreeBSD PeeCee.tbe.com 2.2.5-STABLE FreeBSD 2.2.5-STABLE #0: Thu Feb 5 09:24:45 CST 1998 root@PeeCee.tbe.com:/usr/src/sys/compile/PEECEE i386 > > PeeCee: {1005} > > > > I can repeatedly lock up my virtual terminals by attempting to switch to > them WHILE XFree86 is in the process of shutting down. Is this what you > did? I have not found a way to recover from this, and have always had to > reboot. I just avoid the problem now by NOT changing terminals whilst > XFree is shutting down. > > > -d > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message
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