Log in remotely and try "kbd_mode -u" (works for me with wayward SVGA things
anyway).
A
-- On Nov 10, 8:39am, Jay Christner wrote:
> Subject: Re: X freeze and StarOffice 5 install
> On Tue, 10 Nov 1998, Tony Nugent wrote:
>
> > Date: Tue, 10 Nov 1998 22:01:26 +1000
> > From: Tony Nugent <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > Cc: Linux X11 Email List <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
> Linux Applications Email List <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
> Redhat Email List <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > Subject: Re: X freeze and StarOffice 5 install
> >
> >
> On Tue Nov 10 1998 at 21:38, Tony Nugent wrote:
> > > (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 have SAK (Secure Attention Key) mapped to Ctrl-Alt-PrintScreen, but even
> > > this didn't work (when it usually does). I ended up remotely logging in,
> > > but still couldn't bring sanity to the console. So I had little choice but
> > > to uncerimoniously issue a reboot command :-(
> > >
> > > Surely there is a better way of doing this?
>
> 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'.
> -jay
>
> > Cheers
> > Tony
> >
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