Re: X problems?

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From: Iain Paton
Date: Mon, 22 Aug 1994 21:29

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Jono Nicholson (jono@acme.demon.co.uk) wrote:

: I have been having a slight problem with X running on my slackware 2 
: (kernel 1.1.32) system. Occasionally the Xserver will completely lock up, 
: all the tasks will remain running but there is no way to switch from X to 
: a virtual console or to shut down the X server. This happens with any 
: window manager (I normally use fvwm)

I normally find that the X server isn't locked, just that the process
in the top window has stopped accepting input (of any kind) and as such
blocks both the keyboard and the mouse ( I can still move the mouse, but 
no amount of clicking will do anything). Normal solution is to log in
from another machine (or terminal) and kill the process that's hung, then
everything comes back to life...

I

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