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On Sunday 03 June 2007 19:36, Kevin O'Gorman wrote: |
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> On 6/3/07, Dale <dalek@××××××××××.net> wrote: |
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> > deface wrote: |
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> > > ' /etc/init.d/xdm restart ' |
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> > > This would restart your login manager, assuming your running one. |
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> > > (gdm/kdm/xdm/slim) |
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> > > |
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> > > I would recommend on finding out the root of your X locking up, rather |
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> > > than actually trying to band-aid it. |
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> > > |
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> > > deface |
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> > > |
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> > > On Jun 3, 2007, at 8:22 PM, Dale wrote: |
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> > >> Or, you can do a /etc/init.d/xdm restart . Either should work. |
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> > >> |
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> > >> On another note, you may want to find out why it is locking up. This |
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> > >> should not be happening. Are you sure it is locked up or could it be |
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> > >> that what you are doing is just using all the CPU processes and it is |
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> > >> to busy to respond? |
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> > >> |
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> > >> Maybe some serious guru will come in with a plan. |
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> > >> |
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> > >> Dale |
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> > >> |
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> > >> :-) :-) :-) |
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> > >> |
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> > >> -- |
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> > >> www.myspace.com/-remove-me-dalek1967 |
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> > >> |
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> > >> Copy n paste then remove the -remove-me- part. |
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> > |
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> > If he does that, it will restart X. I have also seen where a few others |
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> > made the suggestion too. This has always worked for me at least. |
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> > |
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> > Dale |
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> > |
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> > :-) :-) :-) |
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> > |
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> > -- |
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> > www.myspace.com/-remove-me-dalek1967 |
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> > |
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> > Copy n paste then remove the -remove-me- part. |
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> > |
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> > -- |
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> |
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> Thanks for all the ideas. I'll keep them handy for the next time (it |
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> usually happens |
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> about once or twice a month). |
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> |
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> In the meanwhile, a couple of notes: |
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> 1) Yes, it's REALLY locked up. But there's always enough CPU left |
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> for a non-X login from another machine. It has to be another machine |
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> because I can't even switch to a console terminal. |
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> 2) I have no clue how to find out what's causing the lockup. I'd |
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> love to, because I usually lose a bunch of work in the crash. |
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> 3) I don't see anything labeled "SysReq" on my keyboard, but it's |
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> associated with the PrintScreen key on my wife's box. Can I hope |
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> alt-printscreen-K will work? (I personally wonder about it since |
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> _nothing_ else on the keyboard works, but maybe the kernel can see |
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> it). |
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> |
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> Again, thanks. I'll say more when it happens again. |
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> |
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> -- |
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> Kevin O'Gorman, PhD |
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1) alt-printscreen-k should work |
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2) try 'killall X' via ssh and if that doesnt restart and bring the display |
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back also do "killall kdm" |
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3) can you share a copy of you xorg.conf? |
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