Erik Volkman wrote:
On Mon, Jul 26, 2004 at 11:38:43AM -0400, jludwig <wralphie@xxxxxxxxxxx> said
Actually there are a few ways startx (startkde) (also see man 1 startx) telinit 5 CTL+ALT+BKSP (CTL+META+BKSP) from X And a few others I don't remember.
I suppose I should put this in the context that X has frozen, and the only
access you have is by ssh'ing in. In addition it should put you back at the
graphical-login prompt.
# killall -HUP X
If X is already not running and you see the graphics that was displayed upon the crash. There is no need to kill something that is not in processes.
ssh'ing into the computer is easier to do than manipulating commands w/o the visual aid a working display provides.
I have not tried to see if just typing startx and then pressing enter would reinitialize the video card and bring up a working GUI again. Currently, a reboot is needed to reinitialize the video card from a departed X.
What process are running still when X departs? Which one's were blown away upon losing X?
Jim
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