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From: bn <brullonulla@×××××.com>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Question about xorg and a kill process
Date: Wed, 27 May 2009 11:58:50
Message-Id: 4A1D2C66.2090003@gmail.com
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] Question about xorg and a kill process by Hung Dang
1 Hung Dang ha scritto:
2 > I often use Ctrl+F1 to F6 to back to the command line and if your X is
3 > fine you can back the X screen using Ctrl+F7. Or if you want to kill
4 > your X then Ctrl+Alt+Backspace may be helpful.
5
6 Unless X freezes and steals your keyboard away.
7
8 m.
9
10 > Hung
11 >
12 >
13 > Dale wrote:
14 >> I know the subject is a bit lacking but here goes. I'm thinking about
15 >> trying this xorg-server upgrade again. I been thinking about a way to
16 >> do this and not have to pull the plug on my rig if it fails, which I bet
17 >> it does. This is the command I am thinking about trying.
18 >> /etc/init.d/xdm start && sleep 5m && /etc/init.d/xdm stop
19 >>
20 >> I'm thinking this way. Start X first. If it fails, it will stop in 5
21 >> minutes and come back to a console. Think this will work? If xorg
22 >> works, I can switch back to a console and ctrl C the command and carry
23 >> on.
24 >>
25 >> Thoughts? Better ideas?
26 >>
27 >> Dale
28 >>
29 >> :-) :-)
30 >>
31 >
32 >
33 >