On Tue, 07 Oct 2003 13:58, Mike Mueller wrote: > On Sunday 05 October 2003 06:02, Neo wrote: > > On Fri, 2003-10-03 at 13:37, cr wrote: > > <snip> > > > > I just had a sieze in X, and Ctrl-Alt-F? had no effect, > > > Ctrl-Alt-Backspace was the only key combination that worked. Is > > > there any setting that will restore its function of 'kill X but don't > > > reboot the machine' or any other key combination that achieves that? > > <snip> > > > try loging in remotely and run '/etc/init.d/<gkx>dm stop'. > > (Fill in your running favorite display manager) > > I had a long run of X siezures where I could remote in sometimes and > sometimes not. Sometimes I had to reset and fsck. No key sequences on the > siezed machine had any effect other than expressing my frustration. > > FWIW, I changed my workstation from a machine with a crappy bare-bones > video card (Trident) to a machine with a less crappy bare bones video card > (ATI Rage something or another). That put a stop to the X siezures. Not > an elegant solution admittedly but I was able to run two desktops side by > side and compare stability. I was not able to find any direct evidence > that positively suggested that I should change video cards. > > Good luck.
Thanks. I might end up trying that video card solution because currently I do have some suspicions of the on-board video chip (or whatever it is) on my motherboard. cr -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
