Date: Sat, 22 Jun 2013 15:00:59 +0000 From: Miguel Clara <miguelmclara@gmail.com> To: "Matthew D. Fuller" <fullermd@over-yonder.net> Cc: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Cannot startx on FreeBSD10 Current Message-ID: <51C5BC2B.2090608@gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <20130622043909.GC74291@over-yonder.net> References: <kpfa4f$9j6$1@ger.gmane.org> <51BB3D2A.3070509@gmail.com> <op.wyob10gn34t2sn@markf.office.supranet.net> <51BB40A5.9090409@gmail.com> <op.wyoc2d1e34t2sn@markf.office.supranet.net> <51BB4D49.6040603@gmail.com> <op.wyofa5f634t2sn@tech304.office.supranet.net> <loom.20130622T022435-478@post.gmane.org> <20130622043909.GC74291@over-yonder.net>
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On Sat Jun 22 04:39:09 2013, Matthew D. Fuller wrote: > On Sat, Jun 22, 2013 at 12:29:49AM +0000 I heard the voice of > Miguel Clara, and lo! it spake thus: >> >> The only way to turn off is but "force" and this can cause damage to >> filesystems, this is indeed a very big issue, and I'm not sure if >> its specific to KMS or some freebsd-current problem cause I have no >> way to look into it! > > One little trick you might try is to login to a second VTY and run > something like "sleep 60 ; shutdown -r now" before switching back and > running startx; if it's just a UI crash/lockup rather than a > whole-system such, that'll give you a clean reboot without FS damage. > Of course, if it's a whole-system lockup, it won't, but that also > means you can tell which it is, which may be diagnostically useful... > > (ssh'ing in from another machine is another way to track such things, > but may be less convenient depending on your own setup...) > > I tried the ssh trick, first thing that crossed my mind... but its no good after the reboot or shutdown, I guess by then sshd is not running anymore but I have no way to know! I know this is something in active development but this seams to be of significant importance, I wish I could help somehow but I can't even see what's happening!
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