On 11 Nov 1998, Jens Ritter wrote:
> > > > On Wed, Nov 11, 1998 at 04:46:29PM +0000, Rich Harran. wrote:
> > > > > My Debian system just crashed.
> > and is there anything I could have done to bin X
> > without restarting?
>
> Well, if you`re the lucky owner of a dump ascii terminal, you could
> use that.
>
> Another solution could be a process monitoring the serial port, where
> you connect a simple switch. If you press this switch xdm is
> restarted, or something like this.
I don't know if it's debianized, but theres "jsrd" (joy stick reset
demon) whith lets you use a joystick button to perform arbitrary actions.
You can configure it to kill X on one keypress and reboot on two presses,
etc. Sorry, I don't have a URL, but it should be on sunsite somewhere.
Sincerely,
Ray Ingles (248) 377-7735 [EMAIL PROTECTED]
"One man's 'magic' is another man's 'engineering'. 'Supernatural' is
a null word." - Robert Heinlein
