Re: virtual consoles unresponsive

2004-06-24 Thread Ricky Clarkson
You could run savetextmode on a machine with as close a configuration as possible, copy the files over and try it, but check the risks in doing this, as it is a server that you don't want to reboot, let alone crash. On Thu, 24 Jun 2004 08:45:52 -0700, Carl D. Blake <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I d

Re: virtual consoles unresponsive

2004-06-24 Thread Carl D. Blake
On Thu, 2004-06-24 at 07:24, Greg Folkert wrote: > On Wed, 2004-06-23 at 16:16, Greg Folkert wrote: > > On Wed, 2004-06-23 at 14:49, Carl D. Blake wrote: > > > So the problem > > > seems to be strictly with the display. > > > > > > An interesting item is that after awhile (an hour or so) when I ta

Re: virtual consoles unresponsive

2004-06-24 Thread Greg Folkert
On Wed, 2004-06-23 at 16:16, Greg Folkert wrote: > On Wed, 2004-06-23 at 14:49, Carl D. Blake wrote: > > So the problem > > seems to be strictly with the display. > > > > An interesting item is that after awhile (an hour or so) when I take > > another look at the console, I'll press the shift key

Re: virtual consoles unresponsive

2004-06-23 Thread Greg Folkert
On Wed, 2004-06-23 at 16:16, Greg Folkert wrote: > On Wed, 2004-06-23 at 14:49, Carl D. Blake wrote: > > So the problem > > seems to be strictly with the display. > > > > An interesting item is that after awhile (an hour or so) when I take > > another look at the console, I'll press the shift key

Re: virtual consoles unresponsive

2004-06-23 Thread Shaul Karl
On Wed, Jun 23, 2004 at 10:26:27AM -0700, Carl D. Blake wrote: > On Wed, 2004-06-23 at 08:48, Carl D. Blake wrote: > > I've lost the ability to switch virtual consoles on my Woody system. > > One of the sysadmins logged in as the backup user through the kdm > > desktop and when he logged out the m

Re: virtual consoles unresponsive

2004-06-23 Thread Greg Folkert
On Wed, 2004-06-23 at 14:49, Carl D. Blake wrote: > So the problem > seems to be strictly with the display. > > An interesting item is that after awhile (an hour or so) when I take > another look at the console, I'll press the shift key on the keyboard > and the kdm display will appear. I can the

Re: virtual consoles unresponsive

2004-06-23 Thread Carl D. Blake
On Wed, 2004-06-23 at 10:46, Ricky Clarkson wrote: > Perhaps you could take down the X server using /etc/init.d/xdm stop > (or gdm or kdm if you use those). That might give the monitor time to > adjust itself, which restarting X wouldn't do. > I tried that, didn't help. > If that gives you a sh

Re: virtual consoles unresponsive

2004-06-23 Thread Ricky Clarkson
Perhaps you could take down the X server using /etc/init.d/xdm stop (or gdm or kdm if you use those). That might give the monitor time to adjust itself, which restarting X wouldn't do. If that gives you a shell, use dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xfree86 to sort out the config. If it doesn't, you coul

Re: virtual consoles unresponsive

2004-06-23 Thread Carl D. Blake
On Wed, 2004-06-23 at 08:48, Carl D. Blake wrote: > I've lost the ability to switch virtual consoles on my Woody system. > One of the sysadmins logged in as the backup user through the kdm > desktop and when he logged out the monitor went dark. Now we can't > switch to a virtual console using Ctr

virtual consoles unresponsive

2004-06-23 Thread Carl D. Blake
I've lost the ability to switch virtual consoles on my Woody system. One of the sysadmins logged in as the backup user through the kdm desktop and when he logged out the monitor went dark. Now we can't switch to a virtual console using Ctrl-Alt-Fn, nor can we switch to the kdm desktop with Ctrl-A