From owner-freebsd-questions Mon Jul 28 22:14:01 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) id WAA09594 for questions-outgoing; Mon, 28 Jul 1997 22:14:01 -0700 (PDT) Received: from gdi.uoregon.edu (cisco-ts7-line6.uoregon.edu [128.223.150.53]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id WAA09581 for ; Mon, 28 Jul 1997 22:13:58 -0700 (PDT) Received: from localhost (dwhite@localhost) by gdi.uoregon.edu (8.8.5/8.8.5) with SMTP id WAA07922; Mon, 28 Jul 1997 22:13:51 -0700 (PDT) Date: Mon, 28 Jul 1997 22:13:51 -0700 (PDT) From: Doug White X-Sender: dwhite@localhost Reply-To: Doug White To: Mike Jeays cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Crashed X-server In-Reply-To: Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk 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