on Sun, Oct 20, 2002, Joey Hess (joeyh@debian.org) wrote:
> 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.
Sometimes.
I've seen cards in various states:
- Hung but fully resettable -- both X11 and console can be used again.
- Hung, resettable in graphics mode only -- a X11 session can be
started, but console mode is fuxnored. Generally I'll start an X
session to reboot the system (I use console periodically, it's a
pain when it's not accessible).
- Fully locked, hung, frozen. Usually the entire system is locked at
this point, no response to network, etc. Hard boot.
Peace.
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