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SubjectRe: total freeze with framebuffer + X
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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