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Daniel da Veiga wrote: |
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> On Wed, May 27, 2009 at 10:03, Dale <rdalek1967@×××××.com> wrote: |
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>> Hung Dang wrote: |
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>>> I often use Ctrl+F1 to F6 to back to the command line and if your X is |
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>>> fine you can back the X screen using Ctrl+F7. Or if you want to kill |
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>>> your X then Ctrl+Alt+Backspace may be helpful. |
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>>> Hung |
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>>> Dale wrote: |
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>>>> I know the subject is a bit lacking but here goes. I'm thinking about |
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>>>> trying this xorg-server upgrade again. I been thinking about a way to |
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>>>> do this and not have to pull the plug on my rig if it fails, which I bet |
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>>>> it does. This is the command I am thinking about trying. |
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>>>> /etc/init.d/xdm start && sleep 5m && /etc/init.d/xdm stop |
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>>>> I'm thinking this way. Start X first. If it fails, it will stop in 5 |
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>>>> minutes and come back to a console. Think this will work? If xorg |
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>>>> works, I can switch back to a console and ctrl C the command and |
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>>>> carry on. |
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>>>> Thoughts? Better ideas? |
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>>>> Dale |
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>>>> :-) :-) |
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>> That won't work because if xorg-server fails, my keyboard doesn't work |
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>> when I switch to X. If the keyboard doesn't work, I can't switch back |
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>> to anything or type anything. |
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>> I done been through this one time. I'm trying to figure out how to get |
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>> back to console with a keyboard that doesn't work at all. |
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> Best way to do this is using a remote shell (SSH for example) in |
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> another machine. If that's not an option or X driver fails in |
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> conflicts with the kernel (mine did before I found a suitable config) |
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> then you're pretty much lost, cause your video is gone for good. |
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> You can try SYSREQ combinations to kill the server and if that fails |
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> even cleanly reboot the rig, but as I said before, depending on the |
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> problem your video is gone. |
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I only have one machine right now. Someone gave me a HP laptop but I |
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haven't fixed it yet. Power connector is shorted out big time. |
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I got some SysRq commands printed out tho. Question, do I have to hit |
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the Alt key each time or what? |
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Dale |
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:-) :-) |
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