From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from lists.gentoo.org (pigeon.gentoo.org [208.92.234.80]) by finch.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1E5BD198005 for ; Wed, 27 Feb 2013 08:21:43 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 9CB11E0802; Wed, 27 Feb 2013 08:21:33 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mta-1.ms.rz.rwth-aachen.de (mta-1.ms.rz.rwth-aachen.de [134.130.7.72]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id EE610E0795 for ; Wed, 27 Feb 2013 08:21:30 +0000 (UTC) Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org MIME-version: 1.0 Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT Content-disposition: inline Content-type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; DelSp=Yes; Format=Flowed Received: from mx-out-2.rwth-aachen.de ([134.130.5.187]) by mta-1.ms.rz.RWTH-Aachen.de (Sun Java(tm) System Messaging Server 6.3-7.04 (built Sep 26 2008)) with ESMTP id <0MIV0052UDVTCNC0@mta-1.ms.rz.RWTH-Aachen.de> for gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org; Wed, 27 Feb 2013 09:21:29 +0100 (CET) X-IronPort-AV: E=Sophos;i="4.84,746,1355094000"; d="scan'208";a="124139830" Received: from relay-2.ms.rz.rwth-aachen.de (HELO relay.rwth-aachen.de) ([134.130.7.75]) by mx-2.rz.rwth-aachen.de with ESMTP; Wed, 27 Feb 2013 09:21:30 +0100 Received: from numa-i.igpm.rwth-aachen.de (numa-i.igpm.rwth-aachen.de [134.130.161.252]) by relay.rwth-aachen.de (8.14.4+Sun/8.13.8/1) with ESMTP id r1R8LT7u020842 for ; Wed, 27 Feb 2013 09:21:29 +0100 (CET) Received: from numa-i (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by numa-i.igpm.rwth-aachen.de (Postfix) with ESMTP id A8B7424BA for ; Wed, 27 Feb 2013 09:21:30 +0100 (CET) Date: Wed, 27 Feb 2013 09:21:30 +0100 From: Helmut Jarausch Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Restart "frozen" X To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org References: <20130227031851.GA3314@syscon7.inet> In-reply-to: <20130227031851.GA3314@syscon7.inet> X-Mailer: Balsa 2.4.91-7-g3440dfb Message-id: <1361953290.4514.0@numa-i> X-Archives-Salt: 1dc8fd27-4080-4703-96cc-2e53a279a0b8 X-Archives-Hash: 1cadfabbc0095b3dc4f47124a8ff3c36 On 02/27/2013 04:18:51 AM, Joseph wrote: > I'm running Nvidia driver: 310.32 with my GeForce GTS 450 kernle-3.1.6 > > but I've noticed it freezes my screen once a day or ever second day. > Mouse is moving but no icon is responding, nor can I use the keyboard > (all frozen). > > I can login to the system over ssh. I've tried to restart/zap "xdm" > it doesn't help. > What else can I do to restart "X"? > You can use the SysRq Key (I use ) and then RE You might have a look at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magic_SysRq_key Helmut.