Re: X kills console

Horst von Brand (vonbrand@inf.utfsm.cl)
Fri, 22 Oct 1999 15:41:56 -0300

Wakko Warner <wakko@animx.eu.org> said:
> When I have to kill -9 X, is there anyway (w/o rebooting, the box has been
> up for 73 days on 2.2.10 SMP) to get the console back the way it was after
> the machine boots? I've upgraded the kernel to 2.2.13 but don't see a need
> to reboot (the console isn't that big of a deal, but would like to fix
> it).

Try starting X again, and shutting it down normally. Might make an even
larger mess, but... What happens is very much dependent on your card.

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