-----Original Message----- From: Matt Price [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, April 22, 2004 5:17 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: unlock a locked up tty session
On Thu, Apr 22, 2004 at 04:15:11PM -0500, Michael Martinell wrote: > This has happened several times recently. I have changed from one tty > session to another, come back to the first, and the session is locked up. > If I was in an application, it just sits there, if I was at the command > line, I cannot type. I can change back to other tty sessions and continue > to do work. I generally keep this up until I am down to my last session, > then reboot, which clear up the problem, for awhile. > > I have 2 questions: > > 1. How do I log off of the locked-up session without restarting? > 2. Where would I look to see what is causing the problem to begin with? I have no idea about 2, but you aren't by chance typing Control-s, are you? That locks the screen; typing Control-q frees it back up again. (sorry if you know this already...) m > > Sometimes it is the strangest of things. I am not pressing ctrl + s however .... Yes ctrl + q does the trick. Thanks. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]