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 587BB198006 for ; Wed, 27 Feb 2013 08:12:38 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id F2497E076B; Wed, 27 Feb 2013 08:12:28 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-pb0-f47.google.com (mail-pb0-f47.google.com [209.85.160.47]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-RC4-SHA (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 50A71E0587 for ; Wed, 27 Feb 2013 08:12:27 +0000 (UTC) Received: by mail-pb0-f47.google.com with SMTP id rp2so222109pbb.34 for ; Wed, 27 Feb 2013 00:12:26 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=x-received:date:from:to:subject:message-id:references:mime-version :content-type:content-disposition:in-reply-to:user-agent; bh=FLmkC4h3ikvIEOxVDNBS8dXtzNzCU3TbVFbmtcKYxZg=; b=s7IzLiOmLAhZxpl3v20h/RMZTKuWzDHUKtRK6WpFEexJcqX0UNqv+f+ltcZwWr9c1R LJD/MTD/9Q/B7gnUQApY3GBygEFpPzA7DPEXvmHVIgid4KdSgJGfhgL6PXp7sXAmCqXD QFqr9HD7+XYlpYwsjSxAGcw9wR6KGLFPwXe8GaQlN9hz0OGCSKfRpAvD4dGI1PquV61U 3oCG3nwFXkFZbQWKp9tlYzlieicVeAhjSShXJMqXGGLWw1CSzctDOyyJoTbHNfOM0YjM JgLEojRTu15GAdSTtP4Ge605lhe13ygMgeXEE4eCboCwxLTbklnc+1+nS4r9P7oXPEAh XjQQ== X-Received: by 10.68.129.9 with SMTP id ns9mr2175328pbb.16.1361952746238; Wed, 27 Feb 2013 00:12:26 -0800 (PST) Received: from localhost (triband-mum-59.182.13.102.mtnl.net.in. [59.182.13.102]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id o5sm4540835pay.5.2013.02.27.00.12.22 (version=TLSv1.2 cipher=ECDHE-RSA-RC4-SHA bits=128/128); Wed, 27 Feb 2013 00:12:24 -0800 (PST) Date: Wed, 27 Feb 2013 13:45:09 +0530 From: Yohan Pereira To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Restart "frozen" X Message-ID: <20130227081509.GA9996@dethkomp> References: <20130227031851.GA3314@syscon7.inet> 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-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20130227031851.GA3314@syscon7.inet> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.21 (2010-09-15) X-Archives-Salt: 77da21fe-5f62-4119-aecf-cbbacba823a4 X-Archives-Hash: 88b7e9632ec55e463a31b3c5f3b4c2d3 On 26/02/13 at 08:18pm, 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"? > > -- > Joseph You can try killing the process named /usr/bin/X. I was in a similar situation once and this worked, don't know how safe it is. -- - Yohan Pereira The difference between a Miracle and a Fact is exactly the difference between a mermaid and a seal. -- Mark Twain