Re: Had to reset, now in deep kimshee....]
On Wed, 28 May 1997, Curt Howland wrote:
:
:>However, the modules aren't supposed to be loaded from /usr: they are supposed to
:>live in /lib/modules, and the insmod executable is in /sbin, so there _should_ be
:>no problem. Did you messabout with your system?
:
:Nope. I didn't touch the modules, path, boot files
:or records. Just hit the reset switch. Something got
:scrambled, it seems.
:
:Warning to anyone with write-back cache on their
:hard disk: DO NOT HIT THE RESET SWITCH IN A MULTI-
:TASKING ENVIRONMENT!
:
:I was suprised that running X, with no window
:manager, hung the "Alt-F1, Alt-F2..." console login
:switch as well, since that was the first thing I
:tried in order to log in and kill the process.
Did you try ctrl-alt-{f1,f2,...} ? I believe that is how to get back to
a VC from within X. Somebody slap me if I'm wrong. Also,
ctrl-alt-bkspc is supposed to kill the X-server, though I've been told
you shouldn't do that. Seems like it'd be less harmful than the power
switch.
:
:>> If I go back to the rescue floppy, how much damage can I do to
[other stuff cut out]
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