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Re: Crashed X - Hard re-boot



Florian Kulzer wrote:
> I think another advantage of using [xkg]dm is avoiding the
> CTRL-ALT-F1, CTRL-Z attack against the X screen lock
> (if you leave your computer unattended and somebody else could
> walk along and use the keyboard).

Kent West wrote:
> Or just append an ampersand to your startx command, as in "startx &".
> You'll still get messages on VT1, but at least you'll have a normal
> prompt available.

Or even do a "startx & exit" in order to avoid the attack mentioned by
Florian Kulzer when locking the display.

-- Regards, Jörg-Volker.



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