Re: suspended X -> dead console

Mike (mike@oxlug.org)
Sat, 21 Aug 1999 20:18:21 +0100 (BST)


On Mon, 16 Aug 1999, Alexander V. Lukyanov wrote:

> One user has hit this occasionally:
>
> 1. startx
> 2. switch back to text console from which startx was executed
> 3. ^Z (X suspends)
> 4. Alt-F7 (to the console where X lives)
>
> console is dead at this point (2.2.11).

Well yes, it would be.

> kill -CONT over net helped it.
>
Yes.

> Would something like this patch be useful? (completely untested yet)

No. If the user's dumb enough to do it, they deserve all they get.
IMHO, of course.

-- 
Mike <rickettm@ox.compsoc.net>

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