on Mon, Dec 31, 2001 at 10:46:46PM -0500, Michael P. Soulier (michael.soulier@rogers.com) wrote: > > Hey people. > > Sometimes when I'm experimenting with one of the Loki games that draws > straight to the framebuffer, and it crashes, the screen is locked with > the last image in screen memory. I can login remotely, shut down X and > kill all my terms, but the screen doesn't reset. A reboot fixes it of > course but I'd rather not treat my Linux box like a winblows box. > > Is there a way to reset the video after an occasion like this? In my experience, no, generally. Sometimes it's possible to restart X successfully, but consoles stay hosed. I generally reboot in this case. Peace. -- Karsten M. Self <kmself@ix.netcom.com> http://kmself.home.netcom.com/ What part of "Gestalt" don't you understand? Home of the brave http://gestalt-system.sourceforge.net/ Land of the free We freed Dmitry! Boycott Adobe! Repeal the DMCA! http://www.freesklyarov.org Geek for Hire http://kmself.home.netcom.com/resume.html
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