[98704] in RedHat Linux List
Re: X freeze and StarOffice 5 install
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Tony Nugent)
Tue Nov 10 06:48:29 1998
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of Tue, Nov 10 21:38:17 1998
Date: Tue, 10 Nov 1998 22:01:26 +1000
From: Tony Nugent <Tony.Nugent@usq.edu.au>
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On Tue Nov 10 1998 at 21:38, Tony Nugent wrote:
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> (2) StarOffice 5 installation program crash
> ===========================================
>
> I have (almost) given up trying to install SO5 (on my RH5.1/glibc6 box).
> new cursor shape. From that point, everything freezes solid.
Ah, ok, I did find (finally) some other messages that mention this... I'm
running the XFree86 S3V server and it is a knowm problem with it.
However, there is this point...
> (1) X freeze
> ============
>
> Is there an elegant way of regaining control of the keyboard when a X app
> crashes (see below) and leaves the X console frozen and the keyboard in an
> unusable state in raw mode?
>
> I have SAK (Secure Attention Key) mapped to Ctrl-Alt-PrintScreen, but even
> this didn't work (when it usually does). I ended up remotely logging in,
> but still couldn't bring sanity to the console. So I had little choice but
> to uncerimoniously issue a reboot command :-(
>
> Surely there is a better way of doing this?
Cheers
Tony
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