Re: [gentoo-user] Logout of Desktop Hangs on Laptop

[Alex Schuster]

dhkuhl@×××××××××.net writes:

Ugh...

> ----- Original Message -----From: Alex Schuster Date: Friday, March 11,
> 2011 8:47 amSubject: Re: [gentoo-user] Logout of Desktop Hangs on
> LaptopTo: gentoo-user@l.g.o> dhk writes:> > > I have a new
> laptop with LXDE and XFCE4 installed for the desktop> > environment.  I
> boot to run level 3 and then run startx.  When > logging> out of the
> either desktop it never returns to the > command prompt,> > there's just
> a blank screen and I can not switch to an alternate> > terminal.
> However, the Alt-SysRq EISUB does work and reboots > the system.> > Try
> Alt-SysRq-R, this should take keyboard control away from X > so you can
> > switch to the text terminals.> > 	Wonko>

> I've tried Alt-SysRq-R, it doesn't do anything.  Even if it did work, I
> would still like to log out normally.

Um, Alt-SysRq-R alone does not do much. Have you tried Ctrl-Alt-F1 after 
Alt-SysRq-R? This works well for me, although only once - when I switch back 
to the hanging X, Alt-SysRq-R does not help again.

Sure, this is no real solution, but better than Alt-SysRq-EISUB.

Can you still log in from another system if this happens? Is there anything 
in syslog or /var/log/Xorg.0.log?

	Wonko