On Wednesday 26 Jun 2002 12:26 am, you wrote: > C.Anne Wilson wrote: > > I have been exploring, trying to find out what is happening (or not) > > with these devices that I can't get working. Twice today I have got > > into the Control Panel, Information, and asked for information about > > usb devices, then found the Control Panel locked up. It can be > > minimised, but not closed. > > > > I could find no way out, so I had to ask for a shutdown. I got > > messages about failures due to 'illegal seek'. On re-starting there > > appears to have been massive damage (both times, so I daren't try > > again) requiring a manual fsck to repair it. Now my system is up, but > > my sound has disappeared. I'll just have to hope I haven't done > > irreparable damage. > > > > Meanwhile, how should one deal with a problem like this? I know > > 'kill' is supposed to get you out of trouble, but you need to know > > what you're going to kill, don't you? > > > > All help gratefully received. > > > > Anne > > > > > > > >------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > > >Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? > >Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com > > Well, whenever you cannot get to a console with ctrl-alt-F2 and login as > root and 'ps ax | grep DrakConf' and kill it > with a 'kill -9 (id of the program)' When you cannot do that, then > > ALT-SYSRQ (screen print key)-R puts the keyboard in RAW mode > ALT-SYSRQ-S syncs the disks > ALT-SYSRQ-B reboots > > Civileme > > harddrake may not be the way to go on non-working USB connected devices. > There are several protocols > > uhci > ohci > ehci > > to name three. Better to look at /etc/modules.conf and see what you > have loaded and for what purpose... > > Civileme
Not sure I entirely understand. Are you saying that these three commands will, between them, cause a timely and controlled shutdown? Anne
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