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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
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