Messages in this thread | | | Date | Sun, 28 Mar 1999 18:53:56 -0500 | From | Arvind Sankar <> | Subject | Re: total freeze with framebuffer + X |
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On Sun, Mar 28, 1999 at 06:34:35PM -0500, Kev wrote: > > > > > > Just guessing, but it is generally bad idea to hit X with kill > > > > > > -9. When you shutdown and X are running, that _might_ happen. I do > > > > > > not know consequences - trashed display is the obvious one. > > > > > > > > When you're shutting down your computer, trashed displays are irrelevant > > > > anyway. Shutting down to single user mode is of course an exception, thou > > gh, > > > > so you do have a point. > > > > > > consider also shutdown -r now. > > > > that's exactly the case where it is irrelevant. > > unfortunately not, in some cases; after a reboot, the card could be in > an unknown state. Pretty hard to have a console in that case...
cards don't obey RESET? mm.. *bad*
-- arvind
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