Daniel da Veiga wrote: > On Wed, May 27, 2009 at 10:03, Dale <rdalek1...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> Hung Dang wrote: >> >>> I often use Ctrl+F1 to F6 to back to the command line and if your X is >>> fine you can back the X screen using Ctrl+F7. Or if you want to kill >>> your X then Ctrl+Alt+Backspace may be helpful. >>> >>> Hung >>> >>> >>> Dale wrote: >>> >>>> I know the subject is a bit lacking but here goes. I'm thinking about >>>> trying this xorg-server upgrade again. I been thinking about a way to >>>> do this and not have to pull the plug on my rig if it fails, which I bet >>>> it does. This is the command I am thinking about trying. >>>> /etc/init.d/xdm start && sleep 5m && /etc/init.d/xdm stop >>>> >>>> I'm thinking this way. Start X first. If it fails, it will stop in 5 >>>> minutes and come back to a console. Think this will work? If xorg >>>> works, I can switch back to a console and ctrl C the command and >>>> carry on. >>>> >>>> Thoughts? Better ideas? >>>> >>>> Dale >>>> >>>> :-) :-) >>>> >>>> >> That won't work because if xorg-server fails, my keyboard doesn't work >> when I switch to X. If the keyboard doesn't work, I can't switch back >> to anything or type anything. >> >> I done been through this one time. I'm trying to figure out how to get >> back to console with a keyboard that doesn't work at all. >> >> > > Best way to do this is using a remote shell (SSH for example) in > another machine. If that's not an option or X driver fails in > conflicts with the kernel (mine did before I found a suitable config) > then you're pretty much lost, cause your video is gone for good. > > You can try SYSREQ combinations to kill the server and if that fails > even cleanly reboot the rig, but as I said before, depending on the > problem your video is gone. > >
I only have one machine right now. Someone gave me a HP laptop but I haven't fixed it yet. Power connector is shorted out big time. I got some SysRq commands printed out tho. Question, do I have to hit the Alt key each time or what? Dale :-) :-)
