Date: Mon, 1 Mar 2004 21:36:57 -0700 From: Robin Schoonover <end@endif.cjb.net> To: Don Lewis <truckman@FreeBSD.org> Cc: freebsd-current@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: Mozilla Firefox and firebird problems after sat 022604upgradeof FreeBSD-current Message-ID: <20040302043700.E667A43D2F@mx1.FreeBSD.org> In-Reply-To: <200403020423.i224N57E096766@gw.catspoiler.org> References: <200403011707.i21H7OE6013801@green.homeunix.org> <200403020423.i224N57E096766@gw.catspoiler.org>
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On Mon, 1 Mar 2004 20:23:05 -0800 (PST), Don Lewis wrote: > On 1 Mar, Brian F. Feldman wrote: > > Why in the world are you going around recompiling ports and changing > > dotfiles to find a lock-up? Either X is having problems, or the kernel > > is having problems. Go to the _CONSOLE_ and execute the programs that > > are "causing" the "lock-up" and you will stand a chance at actually > > finding and fixing whatever is going wrong. > > > > Ctrl-Alt-F1 > > <login> > > DISPLAY=:0.0 firefox > > > > (or whatever) > > That's really a neat trick. I think it deserves to be documented > somewhere. > It is. X(1) (man X) You may need to install XFree86-manuals (x11/XFree86-4-manuals). Although, being this is really about debugging system trouble, it may be a good idea to document with whatever other stuff we have about the subject. -- Robin Schoonover (aka End) # # To err is human; to really screw things up requires the root password #
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