Gentoo Archives: gentoo-user

From: Alex Schuster <wonko@×××××××××.org>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Restart "frozen" X
Date: Wed, 27 Feb 2013 10:42:53
Message-Id: 512DE31F.6020102@wonkology.org
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] Restart "frozen" X by Helmut Jarausch
1 Helmut Jarausch writes:
2
3 > On 02/27/2013 04:18:51 AM, Joseph wrote:
4
5 >> I can login to the system over ssh. I've tried to restart/zap
6 >> "xdm" it doesn't help. What else can I do to restart "X"?
7 >
8 > You can use the SysRq Key (I use <Ctrl><Alt><PrtSc>) and then RE
9
10 R is okay, this resets the keyboard, and often helped me in the past to
11 get my keyboard back.
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13 But E would kills all processes except init. Use K instead, this only
14 kills processes on the current virtual console.
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16 Alex