On Tue, Nov 14, 2000 at 06:50:50PM +0100, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> It happens from to time X crashes or locks, then I telnet from another
> box and after killing X I find I am unable to restore the console to
> normal non graphic mode. How can this be done?
I've not had to do this myself (caveat), but if believe that you want
to use savetextmode and restoretextmode. The problem is that the SVGA
registers are corrupted by the X crash. The only solutions, IIRC, is
to have done a savetextmode to a file before starting X, then telnet
from another machine (or type blind) and use restoretextmode to set the
registers back from the saved file contents. Also, if you can do without
console mode until the next reboot, you should be able to restart X and
limp along.
- MikeT
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Ingres Product Development Computer Associates International
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