Baho Utot wrote: > > Ok i will see if that is what is going on. > > Is there a way to kill X if hal is not running other than a hard reset ? > > I am running jfs but I rather not test jfs ability to recover after a > hard reset :) > Enable sysrq magic kernel.sysrq = 1 @ /etc/sysctl.conf Then can do a atlgr+sysrq+r (raw keyboard) or +k (SAK kill all programs on current vt) and then switch to console (ctrl+alt+f1) and kill X More info at http://www.kernel.org/doc/Documentation/sysrq.txt -- Gerardo Exequiel Pozzi ( djgera ) http://www.djgera.com.ar KeyID: 0x1B8C330D Key fingerprint = 0CAA D5D4 CD85 4434 A219 76ED 39AB 221B 1B8C 330D