login as user
execute 'X &' (no quotes)
change back to the terminal you started X on ctrl-alt-F#
execute 'export DISPLAY=:0' (again no quotes)
execute 'strace -o ~/gnome-terminal.out gnome-terminal' (yep you guessed
it no quotes here either)
wait for any harddriver churnings to stop and count to 30
now hold ctrl and push c twice rapidly, if this does not bring you back to
either a command prompt or the grey crosshatch (X without a wm) X screen
hold _alt_ and push _print screen/sysrq_ (could be labeled as either or
both) then s u b at this point the machine will reboot. when it comes
back up email the ~/gnome-terminal.out directly to me
On Tue, 5 Oct 1999, pete moss wrote:
> yes! thanks! now, can you tell me why gnome-terminal locks up my
> system? :)
>
> :P
>
>
> Axalon Bloodstone wrote:
> >
> > On Sun, 3 Oct 1999, pete moss wrote:
> >
> > > in gnome on 6.0, i could click the right mouse button to bring up a menu
> > > to do a few things, including rescan the desktop. now i am using 6.1
> > > and the right mouse button brings up the application menus for
> > > enlightenment. does anyone know how i can get the gnome menus back?
> > >
> > > :P
> >
> > I'm pretty sure your 6.0 was out of date then, i destinctly remeber
> > patching that for 6.0 in the 6.0 prerelease s everyone had time to adjust
> > to it. But anyway, it's on shift-button3
> >
> > --
> > MandrakeSoft http://www.mandrakesoft.com/
> > --Axalon
>
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--Axalon
