> Has anyone on this list experienced a crashed X server locks up
> the Console and the Display? The machine underneath appears
> healthy, it does all its tasks fine. I would prefer not to
> reboot it unless have to. I have come across this problem a
> number of times over 3 years of running Linux.
> The symptoms are a frozen screen saver and a keyboard that does
> not respond at all. Even the scroll/caps lock lights do not
> respond. When I check the task list the Xserver and all the X
> apps have gone, the system is running RedHat 5.1 with 2.0.36
> kernel.
> The machine is on an electronic VDU/Mouse/Keyboard Switch I
> don't think that this is the problem since other machines run on
> the same switch and they are fine.
This might easily be your problem, and if it is, application of switch
cleaner to the switch unit should fix it...
> The other question I have relates to resubscribing to this list
> from a different account: the list server denies me, I think
> either because the IP address of the mail server I am trying to
> subscribe from has been blacklisted and the reverse DNS shows up
> a blacklisted domain, or maybe more simply because the sender
> domain and reverse lookup domain don't match. I am using an
> ml.org domain.
You presumably know that ml.org is no more? According to their
website, all domains have now expired.
> What are my options? I tried to subscribe my other address from
> the one I am sending from for this, but I got a cryptic message
> in reply that suggested I should know how to do it, but I
> don't!!
Check that your other address is valid for starters...
Best wishes from Riley.
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| development, ie., the quality is too high and the speed is too high, |
| in other words, I can implement this XXXX feature, but I bet someone |
| else has already done so and is just about to release their patch. |
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