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From: Matthew Dillon <dillon@apollo.backplane.com>
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Subject: Any way to get machine out of hires when it breaks into DDB> ?
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    I just had a crash on my workstation.  X froze up in the middle of a
    redraw, and the machine unresponsive to pings from the outside. 

    The thing had dropped into DDB.  I really wanted to see what DDB was
    trying to tell me so I could fix it, but I couldn't see it since it
    was still in X.

    I knew it was in DDB because I could type 'panic' <return> <return> and
    the machine rebooted :-)

    It sure wouuld be nice if DDB could restore the video back to VGA.  
    Anybody have any ideas?

					-Matt
					Matthew Dillon 
					<dillon@backplane.com>

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