A silly suggestion (but ya never know). Did you try ctrl-alt-Fn where Fn is one of the function keys f1 through f6?
Arie On Tuesday 14 May 2002 8:23, Tzafrir Cohen wrote: > On Tue, 14 May 2002, Alon Altman wrote: > > On Tue, 14 May 2002, levo wrote: > > > You can bring your host to run level 3, it should kill all graphics > > > > > > Then you can log in to text console and start X again , do either > > > init 5 or startx. > > > > Problem is I AM in runlevel 3, all X instances are killed, but still > > screen is locked with last X display and no response to keyboard. > > What about running another X server to reset the console? > > Although last time my console hung startx was not of much use, IIRC. > > (I have to admit that running 'startx' from a remote session looks a bit > weird) -- It is absurd to seek to give an account of the matter to a man who cannot himself give an account of anything; for insofar as he is already like this, such a man is no better than a vegetable. -- Book IV of Aristotle's Metaphysics ================================================================= To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word "unsubscribe" in the message body, e.g., run the command echo unsubscribe | mail [EMAIL PROTECTED]