Messages in this thread | | | Date | Mon, 12 Apr 1999 08:54:52 +0100 (GMT) | From | Riley Williams <> | Subject | Re: Locked Console/Display |
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Hi Mark.
> Has anyone on this list experienced a crashed X server locks up > the Console and the Display? The machine underneath appears > healthy, it does all its tasks fine. I would prefer not to > reboot it unless have to. I have come across this problem a > number of times over 3 years of running Linux.
> The symptoms are a frozen screen saver and a keyboard that does > not respond at all. Even the scroll/caps lock lights do not > respond. When I check the task list the Xserver and all the X > apps have gone, the system is running RedHat 5.1 with 2.0.36 > kernel.
> The machine is on an electronic VDU/Mouse/Keyboard Switch I > don't think that this is the problem since other machines run on > the same switch and they are fine.
This might easily be your problem, and if it is, application of switch cleaner to the switch unit should fix it...
> The other question I have relates to resubscribing to this list > from a different account: the list server denies me, I think > either because the IP address of the mail server I am trying to > subscribe from has been blacklisted and the reverse DNS shows up > a blacklisted domain, or maybe more simply because the sender > domain and reverse lookup domain don't match. I am using an > ml.org domain.
You presumably know that ml.org is no more? According to their website, all domains have now expired.
> What are my options? I tried to subscribe my other address from > the one I am sending from for this, but I got a cryptic message > in reply that suggested I should know how to do it, but I > don't!!
Check that your other address is valid for starters...
Best wishes from Riley.
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