[2877] in RedHat Linux List
Re: redhat linux/X video modes
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Skull)
Tue Nov 5 21:57:36 1996
Date: Tue, 05 Nov 1996 21:53:39 -0500
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From: Skull <skull@yakko.cs.wmich.edu>
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>> No, i get a BLANK black screen, no cursor, no anything, except if
>> I do a control-alt-backspace I exit X back to a console prompt. but
>> I'm STILL seeing a blank black VGA mode screen..
>
>No, when I was configuring my Mach64, I had to experiment
>5 or 6 times, each time it went blank. What I did:
>
>1. (blindly) pressed Ctrl+Alt+F(free VC)
>2. (blindly) logged in as "root"
>3 (blindly) typed "shutdown -r now".
I did that, I want a way to reset that without rebooting...
rebooting is very inconvienient, especially if someone else
is connected to the machine remotely.
>You can also try to blindly go back to VC from where you tried
>to start X, press Ctrl+C and wait 30-40 seconds or so.
what would that even do? I've managed to exit by force quitting
X, and then I have to reboot. I don't want to reboot.
Darron
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