possibly try kill -TERM pid_of_getty or kill -KILL pid_of_getty . . . the gettys should be respawned by init when they go down.
jacob On Wed, 30 Jun 1999, Mario Olimpio de Menezes wrote: > > Hi, > > I have a box which had its text console frozen by some X app. > The screen froze on exiting from fvwm95 and nothing works since then: > can't switch to VT using Crtl+Alt+Fn or kill X using Crtl+Alt+Backspace. > My only solution was to start xdm from another machine so that I > can log in locally. > Now, I can have fvwm95 running again, but VT aren't usable. They > are frozen with pieces of fvwm95 screen and other patterns. > How can I reset the text mode console so that my VT (F1-F6) get > usable again? I tried kill -HUP pid_of_getty but didn't help. > I can even login in the VT but reset didn't help. The screen is > rock frozen. > Any suggestion? > Thanks. > []s, > Mario O.de Menezes "Many are the plans in a man's heart, but > IPEN-CNEN/SP is the Lord's purpose that prevails" > http://curiango.ipen.br/~mario Prov. 19.21 > > > -- > Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null > >
