Date: Mon, 25 Oct 1999 16:35:17 +0900 From: Kazutaka YOKOTA <yokota@zodiac.mech.utsunomiya-u.ac.jp> To: "Jose M. Alcaide" <jose@we.lc.ehu.es> Cc: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org, yokota@zodiac.mech.utsunomiya-u.ac.jp Subject: Re: a desirable fetaure: syscons reset utility Message-ID: <199910250735.QAA11861@zodiac.mech.utsunomiya-u.ac.jp> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Sat, 23 Oct 1999 21:01:43 %2B0200." <38120617.CA2EA948@we.lc.ehu.es> References: <38120617.CA2EA948@we.lc.ehu.es>
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>I think that many of us have experienced Xserver crashes that >leave the console (display, keyboard, or both) in a unusable state. >Then, we log into the system from a serial terminal or another >networked host and... now what? There is no way for resetting the >console, turning it usable again (or there is?). A small utility capable >of resetting the console would be very useful. What do you think >about this idea, Mr Yokota? :-) Try running the following sequence of commands. vidcontrol -s 0 < /dev/ttyv0 vidcontrol 80x25 < /dev/ttyv0 kbd_mode -a < /dev/ttyv0 The above sequence MIGHT work. But, sadly, it won't, in general. There isn't a reliable way of `resetting' video hardware once the X server has messed up with it. Kazu To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hardware" in the body of the message
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