From: Neil Bothwick <neil@digimed.co.uk>
To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Question about xorg and a kill process
Date: Wed, 27 May 2009 16:06:44 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20090527160644.2369e5bc@krikkit.digimed.co.uk> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <4A1D5524.1040804@gmail.com>
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On Wed, 27 May 2009 09:58:44 -0500, Dale wrote:
> > Have you tried Alt-SysRq-R?
> I haven't but I may try it now tho. I have never used SysRq before.
> Thhinking of the is is a bit new to me. It has to be better than just
> pulling the plug tho. That's what I had to do last time.
You're thinking of the complete Alt-SysRq sequence to (relatively)
cleanly reboot. Alt-SysRq-R returns keyboard control after it has
been locked out by X. You should then be able to do Ctrl-Alt-F1 to get
back to your VC.
--
Neil Bothwick
The word 'Windows' is a word out of an old dialect of the Apaches.
It means: 'White man staring through glass-screen onto an hourglass...')
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prev parent reply other threads:[~2009-05-27 15:07 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 14+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2009-05-27 4:30 [gentoo-user] Question about xorg and a kill process Dale
2009-05-27 6:01 ` Hung Dang
2009-05-27 12:04 ` bn
2009-05-27 13:03 ` Dale
2009-05-27 14:16 ` Daniel da Veiga
2009-05-27 14:22 ` Håkon Alstadheim
2009-05-27 14:56 ` Dale
2009-05-27 15:01 ` Dale
2009-05-27 15:09 ` Neil Bothwick
2009-05-27 15:35 ` Dale
2009-05-28 10:51 ` Daniel Iliev
2009-05-27 14:26 ` Neil Bothwick
2009-05-27 14:58 ` Dale
2009-05-27 15:06 ` Neil Bothwick [this message]
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