X jamming: telnet vs ctrl-alt-F2

Subject: X jamming: telnet vs ctrl-alt-F2
From: Doug Fortune <pentam-at-home.com>
Date: Tue, 28 Mar 2000 00:23:09 -0700
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Jon Elson wrote:

> I ran the Mar-15 version of 2.0.36 EMC, and the TkEmc UI.  It gave the
> above message once or twice, but then came up.  The first time, it
> hung the UI within 30 seconds.  I was able to kill it and get back to the
> command prompt.  The second time, it ran for about 30-45 minutes, and
> hung all of XFree86, and I had to reboot.  (I forgot to try telnet'ing into
> it, to see if it was just X that was hung.

Next time, try  ctrl-alt-F2  or (F1-F6) to get to a text login prompt (ie
another virtual session).

You can get back to the GUI  by  ctrl-alt-F7 at any time.  In fact you
can flip between all these at will to suit your purpose.

Doug Fortune

References:
- Tkemc problems
  - From: Dan Falck <dfalck-at-sprynet.com>
- RE: Tkemc problems
  - From: Dan Falck <dfalck-at-sprynet.com>
- Re: Tkemc problems
  - From: Jon Elson <jmelson-at-artsci.wustl.edu>

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