Re: gdm: no more console, no more login

[Jerome BENOIT <jgmbenoit@wanadoo.fr>]

Thanks for your replies.

Osamu Aoki wrote:
> On Sat, Apr 09, 2005 at 04:38:30PM +0100, Jerome BENOIT wrote:
>
> > Hello Angelina,
> >
> > Angelina Carlton wrote:
> >
> > > On Sat, Apr 09, 2005 at 01:37:09PM +0100, Jerome BENOIT wrote:
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > > Unfortunately there is no more gdm login
> > > > and no more console login: there is just a totally black screen.
>
>
> Did you press shift key or something to wake up system?

I forget this possibility:
since a while I have tried to got it, but I did not succeeded:
what is the magic key sequence to kill the Xserver ?

Thanks,
Jerome 

> > > > Can I login again without rebooting the computer ?
> > > > How can I fix it ?
> > >
> > >
> > > hmm, so console and virtual console? ctrl-alt F1-F6 dont work either?
> > > what about ssh? 
> >
> > Unfortunately, the local dns server is down whereas the IP are not fixed 
> > (DHCP):
> > as matter of fact, I want to login mainly to get the curent IP of the 
> > desktop.
>
>
> Why not carefylly ping possible IP range to fing where is the system.