On Mon, 30 Jul 2007 20:22:07 +0000 (UTC), james wrote: > For now the system is booting to a console prompt. I'm looking > for a guide that tells you how to test xorg.conf configs > and recover without having to reboot (powercycle) the system. > > I've never seen starting up X/kde cause a system to hang before...
Is the whole system handing, or just X? Do you have a networked computer you can SSH in from, that would enable you to kill X. If all else fails, and provided you have enabled CONFIG_MAGIC_SYSRQ in your kernel, hold down Alt and SysReq/PrtScr and press S, U and B in turn to reboot (reasonably) cleanly. Pausing a couple of seconds between each key is probably a good idea. -- Neil Bothwick And God said "Let there be light" and there was light. There was still nothing, but you could see it better.
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