frozen xwindow server

[Pat Plummer]

On Thursday 16 May 2002 12:01, Alex wrote:
> I just installed Ximian's Evolution/Gnome desktop environment using
> their graphical installer, but when I was prompted to keep or delete th=
e
> install files, Gnome pretty much locked up. It responds to the f keys
> that operate brightness, etc, but I can't force it to quit and go back
> to the CLI. I'm about ready to do the old hard restart, but I recall
> doing that once before on YDL 2.0 and never getting it to boot up ever
> again.

I'm assuming you tried cntl-otion-cmd-del and it didn't work. And you are=
n't=20
being allowed access to the virtual terms (cmdF1-F6).

Can you telnet in from another system?

If so, you could perform a more orderly shutdown or even kill X.

Pat
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