Re: How do we restart X?
On Mon, Sep 06, 1999 at 08:24:21PM +0800, Ling Alexander wrote
> hi,
> I have this problem with X. I am running both Potato and Slink on
> different machines but they both have this problem with X (and a lot of
> times when this happens, I happen to be running Netscape).
>
> The problem is that the X server will hang. When it hangs, the
> keyboard also dies and so I cannot switch consoles to kill the X server.
> I have to telnet in from another machine.
>
> When I telnet in from another machine, I always check see that
> all the background jobs are running fine. The only problem is that my
> previous login (the one that hung) is no longer listed under ps and top,
> so I do not know how to kill and restart the X-server. I end up having to
> reboot the machine.
>
> I tried using textmode to restore the X-server but it caused the
> entire machine to hang instead and so I have to reboot anyway.
>
> Anybody got any ideas on how to fix this problem?
>
> Some background on my machines:
> 1. Both are running 2.2.x kernels
> 2. The slink graphics card is a S3Trio64V+, the potato is using a
> Banshee.
>
What xserver are you using? I had problems with xserver-s3 (?) freezing
during server resets with a card (Diamond Stealth) that was also supported
by xserver-svga, and changing to the SVGA server fixed the problems for me.
John P.
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