Quoth Ross Boylan, > Thank you. I was running sawfish. Shouldn't the installation > procedure have some kind of warning? I see there's another update, > so this will be my chance to get it right. I think it's a bug, but I haven't got around to filing a bug report (I'm not entirely certain how to do it with the helix packages...) > I have two questions. First, what is the SYSREQ key (I have a MS > Natural keyboard--windows oriented)? The magic-sysrq key has to be enabled in the kernel, and I don't know if the default debian kernels have it (they should, it's very handy). The actual key is the Print Scrn/SysRq key on my keyboard (ie., above the insert, next to the NumLock light). To test if you have it installed, switch to a console and hit Alt-SysRq-z (or pretty much any key), and it'll print something like: SysRq: unRaw saK Boot... To get further information, have a look at Documentation/sysrq.txt in the kernel source. Basically, if you do Alt-SysRq-S it will sync the discs, and Alt-SysRq-U with unmount your drives and remount them read-only. At that point, it's safe to hit the reset switch. Alt-SysRq is a fairly low-level call, I believe, and will often work when everything else is locked and frozen. Not always, but often. > Second, how do I get out of X? I think I'm running gdm, set so I go > straight into the graphical environment. If I try to exit, I think it > just comes right back. And do I need to exit X, or just sawfish? It's enough to get out of sawmill. Just get back to your GDM login screen, switch to a vritual console, and apt-get away. cheers, damon -- Damon Muller | Did a large procession wave their torches Criminologist/Linux Geek | As my head fell in the basket, http://killfilter.com | And was everybody dancing on the casket... PGP (GnuPG): A136E829 | - TBMG, "Dead"
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