On Sunday 03 June 2007 19:36, Kevin O'Gorman wrote: > On 6/3/07, Dale <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > deface wrote: > > > ' /etc/init.d/xdm restart ' > > > This would restart your login manager, assuming your running one. > > > (gdm/kdm/xdm/slim) > > > > > > I would recommend on finding out the root of your X locking up, rather > > > than actually trying to band-aid it. > > > > > > deface > > > > > > On Jun 3, 2007, at 8:22 PM, Dale wrote: > > >> Or, you can do a /etc/init.d/xdm restart . Either should work. > > >> > > >> On another note, you may want to find out why it is locking up. This > > >> should not be happening. Are you sure it is locked up or could it be > > >> that what you are doing is just using all the CPU processes and it is > > >> to busy to respond? > > >> > > >> Maybe some serious guru will come in with a plan. > > >> > > >> Dale > > >> > > >> :-) :-) :-) > > >> > > >> -- > > >> www.myspace.com/-remove-me-dalek1967 > > >> > > >> Copy n paste then remove the -remove-me- part. > > > > If he does that, it will restart X. I have also seen where a few others > > made the suggestion too. This has always worked for me at least. > > > > Dale > > > > :-) :-) :-) > > > > -- > > www.myspace.com/-remove-me-dalek1967 > > > > Copy n paste then remove the -remove-me- part. > > > > -- > > Thanks for all the ideas. I'll keep them handy for the next time (it > usually happens > about once or twice a month). > > In the meanwhile, a couple of notes: > 1) Yes, it's REALLY locked up. But there's always enough CPU left > for a non-X login from another machine. It has to be another machine > because I can't even switch to a console terminal. > 2) I have no clue how to find out what's causing the lockup. I'd > love to, because I usually lose a bunch of work in the crash. > 3) I don't see anything labeled "SysReq" on my keyboard, but it's > associated with the PrintScreen key on my wife's box. Can I hope > alt-printscreen-K will work? (I personally wonder about it since > _nothing_ else on the keyboard works, but maybe the kernel can see > it). > > Again, thanks. I'll say more when it happens again. > > -- > Kevin O'Gorman, PhD 1) alt-printscreen-k should work 2) try 'killall X' via ssh and if that doesnt restart and bring the display back also do "killall kdm" 3) can you share a copy of you xorg.conf? -- Guillermo A. Amaral, CSE # Free & Open Source Advocate & nick: guillermoamaral @ blog: http://blog.guillermoamaral.com/ @ site: http://www.guillermoamaral.com/ $ irc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] % gpg: http://downloads.guillermoamaral.com/public.asc
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