Re: unlock a locked up tty session
On Thu, Apr 22, 2004 at 04:15:11PM -0500, Michael Martinell wrote:
> This has happened several times recently. I have changed from one tty
> session to another, come back to the first, and the session is locked up.
> If I was in an application, it just sits there, if I was at the command
> line, I cannot type. I can change back to other tty sessions and continue
> to do work. I generally keep this up until I am down to my last session,
> then reboot, which clear up the problem, for awhile.
>
> I have 2 questions:
>
> 1. How do I log off of the locked-up session without restarting?
> 2. Where would I look to see what is causing the problem to begin with?
I have no idea about 2, but you aren't by chance typing Control-s, are
you? That locks the screen; typing Control-q frees it back up again.
(sorry if you know this already...)
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