> > Is there any way to kill a virtual console without rebooting? > > I ask because for some reason I keep getting lockups when using vim to edit > multiple buffers. I can switch to a different vc and carry on, but no other > keys work on the vc I started from. Even if I kill the process I was using > there, nothing works. > Log in as root, type `lsof /dev/ttyx' where /dev/ttyx is the `hanging' vc. This will show you the process that occupies this tty. Kill it and the getty process for that vc should respawn.
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