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From: Kevin O'Gorman <kogorman@×××××.com>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Help me reboot X
Date: Mon, 04 Jun 2007 02:42:24
Message-Id: 9acccfe50706031936p7662a6a6g4f36ff9bb349ee0b@mail.gmail.com
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] Help me reboot X by Dale
1 On 6/3/07, Dale <dalek@××××××××××.net> wrote:
2 > deface wrote:
3 > > ' /etc/init.d/xdm restart '
4 > > This would restart your login manager, assuming your running one.
5 > > (gdm/kdm/xdm/slim)
6 > >
7 > > I would recommend on finding out the root of your X locking up, rather
8 > > than actually trying to band-aid it.
9 > >
10 > > deface
11 > >
12 > > On Jun 3, 2007, at 8:22 PM, Dale wrote:
13 > >
14 > >>
15 > >> Or, you can do a /etc/init.d/xdm restart . Either should work.
16 > >>
17 > >> On another note, you may want to find out why it is locking up. This
18 > >> should not be happening. Are you sure it is locked up or could it be
19 > >> that what you are doing is just using all the CPU processes and it is
20 > >> to busy to respond?
21 > >>
22 > >> Maybe some serious guru will come in with a plan.
23 > >>
24 > >> Dale
25 > >>
26 > >> :-) :-) :-)
27 > >>
28 > >>
29 > >> --
30 > >> www.myspace.com/-remove-me-dalek1967
31 > >>
32 > >> Copy n paste then remove the -remove-me- part.
33 > >
34 >
35 > If he does that, it will restart X. I have also seen where a few others
36 > made the suggestion too. This has always worked for me at least.
37 >
38 > Dale
39 >
40 > :-) :-) :-)
41 >
42 > --
43 > www.myspace.com/-remove-me-dalek1967
44 >
45 > Copy n paste then remove the -remove-me- part.
46 >
47 > --
48
49 Thanks for all the ideas. I'll keep them handy for the next time (it
50 usually happens
51 about once or twice a month).
52
53 In the meanwhile, a couple of notes:
54 1) Yes, it's REALLY locked up. But there's always enough CPU left
55 for a non-X login from another machine. It has to be another machine
56 because I can't even switch to a console terminal.
57 2) I have no clue how to find out what's causing the lockup. I'd
58 love to, because I usually lose a bunch of work in the crash.
59 3) I don't see anything labeled "SysReq" on my keyboard, but it's
60 associated with the PrintScreen key on my wife's box. Can I hope
61 alt-printscreen-K will work? (I personally wonder about it since
62 _nothing_ else on the keyboard works, but maybe the kernel can see
63 it).
64
65 Again, thanks. I'll say more when it happens again.
66
67 --
68 Kevin O'Gorman, PhD
69 --
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Re: [gentoo-user] Help me reboot X "Guillermo A. Amaral" <me@×××××××××××××××.com>
Re: [gentoo-user] Help me reboot X Alan McKinnon <alan@××××××××××××××××.za>
Re: [gentoo-user] Help me reboot X Benno Schulenberg <benno.schulenberg@×××××.com>