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. -- Karsten M. Self <kmself@ix.netcom.com> http://kmself.home.netcom.com/ What Part of "Gestalt" don't you understand? TWikIWeThey: An experiment in collective intelligence. Stupidity. Whatever. http://twiki.iwethey.org/
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