Date: Wed, 24 Apr 1996 20:54:25 +0100 From: "Gary Palmer" <gpalmer@FreeBSD.ORG> To: Terry Lambert <terry@lambert.org> Cc: alexei@albion.loach.org (Alexei Nikolaevich Romanov), freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Video annoyance Message-ID: <3704.830375665@palmer.demon.co.uk> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Sun, 21 Apr 1996 20:33:52 PDT." <199604220333.UAA16537@phaeton.artisoft.com>
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Terry Lambert wrote in message ID <199604220333.UAA16537@phaeton.artisoft.com>: > > Is there any way of jogginh the video hardware into switching back to text > > mode if an X server dies or is killed for one reason or another, and doesn' > t > > exit cleanly? I don't like having to telnet in from my other boxes at home > > when this problem occurs; if there's a fix that I could run, a pointer to i > t > > would be greatly appreciated. Please cc' my email address on your answer, > so > > procmail doesn't throw it to aa file that I end up reading only next month. > :) > > Restart the X server and shut it down normally. Has never worked for me, as the X server records the state of the video card when invoked, and the state is, of course, in this case total garbage... Gary -- Gary Palmer FreeBSD Core Team Member FreeBSD - Turning PC's into workstations. See http://www.FreeBSD.ORG/ for info.
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