> > (1) X freeze
> > ============
> >
> > Is there an elegant way of regaining control of the keyboard when a X app
> > crashes (see below) and leaves the X console frozen and the keyboard in an
> > unusable state in raw mode?
>
> I don't think so. After two failed SO attempts (damn S3V server) I've yet
> to figure out a way. I've telnetted in and killed every process and
> restarted every tty but it doesn't help. If you figure out a way let me
> know otherwise it's 'shutdown -r now'.
This sounds very much like a problem I've solved before with
kbd_mode -a
Telnet in and try it; beats a shutdown...
--Michael Kleber
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