On 16 May 2012, Arnt Karlsen wrote: > > In both, if I kill the process corresponding to X *from within X*, > > either the machine freezes completely (Radeon) > > ..how? Ssh too freezes? It no longer responds even to ping etc?
Yes, no response to ping. > ..are these 2 boxes on wicd etc style networking that dies > with X and the desktop? > Nothing like that is running. > > or shuts down completely (Nouveau), > > ..it powers off??? The computer is still running but the screen is dead. Whereas, with the Radeon machine, the screen is still lit with the WM background showing. > > If I kill it from a tty terminal there is no problem. > > ..and what happens if you try to kill X over ssh from the other box? That works too. It's closing from within X itself that locks things up. AC > ..med vennlig hilsen = with Kind Regards from Arnt Karlsen > ...with a number of polar bear hunters in his ancestry... > Scenarios always come in sets of three: > best case, worst case, and just in case. > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org > Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20120516143642.06840...@celsius.lan -- Anthony Campbell - a...@acampbell.org.uk Microsoft-free zone - Using Debian GNU/Linux http://www.acampbell.org.uk - sample my ebooks at http://www.smashwords.com/profile/view/acampbell -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20120516161621.ga4...@acampbell.org.uk