Re: kill -9 <pid of X>

Alan Cox (alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk)
Thu, 13 Aug 1998 03:12:48 +0100 (BST)

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> I started X. As root I killed X. Keyboard, etc., all locked.
> I logged in over the network and restarted X. Everything worked,
> including ctl-alt-backspace which got me out of X with a usable
> keyboard. `stty sane` and `stty rows 24` fixed up about averything.

For a tiny fraction of cards. On a cirrus you can get into a state where
even the engineers who designed it couldnt get it back without a power
down.

Alan

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