Karsten M. Self wrote: > This is typical of a hung X11 session. Some people have reported that > (re)running SVGATextMode can clear problems like this, though I've never > had luck with this. The issue is that your video card is locked. Most > of the time, the only solution is to reboot the ssytem. Sometimes a > hard boot is required (I've seen this with Sony Vaio laptops). Just starting X again will likely fix it. The card was left in graphics mode when he killed X, it's not "locked". Restarting X will, assuming X can deal with the card already being in graphics mode, probably result in a usable console again. -- see shy jo
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