Re: need some help
On Tue, Sep 14, 1999 at 11:10:06PM -0700, Seth R Arnold wrote:
> The one time that happened to me, switching runlevels didn't fix it... :(
> One command that might be able to help you out, if you have them:
> set80. From the /usr/doc/svgatextmode/set80.doc:
> set80: a 80x25 mode setter
> ==========================
> Set80 is a short resque program that attempts to reset your screen to a
> 80x25 mode, without the need for a TextConfig file.
> It is very useful when you are setting up SVGATextMode, and something goes
> wrong. If you can get set80 to run, there's a fair chance that you will get
> your display back.
>
> If it will help you, who knows. If you can even run it from ssh, who knows.
> But, there it is all the same.
Hey, thanks for the suggestion. Yeah, it ran from ssh. However, it
didn't reset my screen as I hoped. I ended up rebooting and that
fixed it. I still don't know what caused X to lock up, though.
Thanks,
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Bill Goudie Debian GNU/Linux
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