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Date:      Fri, 23 Jul 1999 01:36:43 +0000 (GMT)
From:      Terry Lambert <tlambert@primenet.com>
To:        drosih@rpi.edu (Garance A Drosihn)
Cc:        scheper@beast.toad.net, freebsd-smp@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: SMP + XDM = keyboard lockup
Message-ID:  <199907230136.SAA07637@usr09.primenet.com>
In-Reply-To: <v04011701b3bd36616a0b@[128.113.24.47]> from "Garance A Drosihn" at Jul 22, 99 05:00:55 pm

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> At 3:16 PM -0400 7/22/99, Richard Scheper wrote:
> > Actually, I don't have another way in, just the console. If I
> > cause the lockup I have no recourse but to turn the computer
> > off. It makes it tough to get info, I know. I never see any
> > error messages in /var/log/messages
> 
> Early in the login process, start some dumb script which just
> loops around dumping the output of 'ps' into some file (with
> a 'sleep' in the loop, of course!).

And a "sync" or three before the sleep, in case you have to BRS it.


> If you're a bit more
> daring, you could also have this other script kill off your
> xdm task after a few minutes, which should give you control
> back.

Depending on the actual source of the lockup...

					Terry Lambert
					terry@lambert.org
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