Thus spake Rikki Hall: > I believe that Ctrl-Alt-Backspace in X is supposed to shut down the X > server, but it's not working that way. Where is this behavior defined? > > The bigger problem is the way it is working. If I start X, I can switch > back-and-forth from console to X window with Ctrl-Alt-F1 and F7, but if I > hit Ctrl-Alt-Backspace, a menu pops up and X freezes. Ctrl-Alt-F1 ceases > to work, and the only escape is to power down. > > X also freezes when I do just about anything. If I start Netscape, my > first action causes lockup. If I start an xterm, it's okay for a little > while, then lockup. The mouse continues to move, but none of the buttons > work, and I can't find any way out but the power switch. This sucks. > > I'd like to know how to diagnose this problem, but it leaves no trace in > /var/log/Xfree86.log, and I can't exit to a console window to look for > error messages, so I hardly know where to begin. Getting > Ctrl-Alt-Backspace to work or keeping Ctrl-Alt-F1 from losing > functionality seems like a good place to start. > > Any ideas? > > Thanks, > Rikki Hall Rikki - I just want to clarify - when you experience a lock, you lose keyboard functionality, but the mouse continues to work. At the same time, any programs running under X - do they also freeze up, or can you just no longer type? I mean, can you still click links in Netscape an so forth? Because if it's only keyboard functionality you're losing, it's probably just a bad config file setting for your keyboard - do you have a USB keyboard? Do you run gpm or something that might be making wonky things happen? If you can, from the console, before starting X, look at ~/.xsession-errors. It may contain some record of what went wrong. Good luck, Steve -- Micro Credo: Never trust a computer bigger than you can lift.
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