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Re: Anyway to kill a virtual console without rebooting?



On Thu, Oct 29, 1998 at 10:25:21AM +0000, Anthony Campbell wrote:
> Is there any way to kill a virtual console without rebooting?
> 
> I ask because for some reason I keep getting lockups when using vim to edit
> multiple buffers. I can switch to a different vc and carry on, but no other
> keys work on the vc I started from. Even if I kill the process I was using
> there, nothing works.

Check that scroll lock is not on -- it pauses the console, and that
virtual terminal will appear to lock up while it's on. Using ^S and ^Q
(XON/XOFF flow control) will also trigger this.

Hamish
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