Is there a way to reset/restart the Xorg server without killing the programs that are clients of the server?
I have an "Amish" laptop that I mess around with that has a Neomagic NM2160 video chip. The only diver that works is the vesa driver. Somewhere, there is a sort of bug that makes the screen difficult to read. Most of the time the computer is fine, because the bug is triggered only by certain events. The only thing I have found to make the screen readable again is to kill the xorg server and start it again. Is there a way (such as sending a signal) to make server initialize the card again and re-read any config files (if any)? Or possibily, is there some a way will keep the clients alive (similar to nohup) and allow me to reattach them to the server once it is restarted? Any help will be appreciated. ____________________________________________________________ FREE 3D EARTH SCREENSAVER - Watch the Earth right on your desktop! Check it out at http://www.inbox.com/earth _______________________________________________ xorg@lists.x.org: X.Org support Archives: http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/xorg Info: http://lists.x.org/mailman/listinfo/xorg Your subscription address: %(user_address)s
