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From: Mick <michaelkintzios@×××××.com>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Escape a hung X session
Date: Wed, 27 May 2009 22:21:01
Message-Id: 200905272320.59684.michaelkintzios@gmail.com
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] Escape a hung X session by Volker Armin Hemmann
1 On Monday 25 May 2009, Volker Armin Hemmann wrote:
2 > On Montag 25 Mai 2009, sean wrote:
3 > > Does anyone know a way to kill an X session when it locks up?
4 > >
5 > > CTRL-ALT-Backspace and anything else that was tried does not kill the
6 > > session.
7 > > Sadly we have to pull the power to get back in.
8 > > There is not other system at the location to get in remotely.
9 > >
10 > > Thanks
11 > > Sean
12 >
13 > a) you use a 'new' xserver and got screwed by the 'new' feature that you
14 > can not zap anymore (thank you Redhat!):
15 > Section "ServerFlags"
16 > Option "DontZap" "no"
17 > EndSection
18
19 How can one specify this feature without an xorg.conf? Can it be defined in
20 the fdi file?
21 --
22 Regards,
23 Mick

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Re: [gentoo-user] Escape a hung X session Volker Armin Hemmann <volkerarmin@××××××××××.com>