I think something like this would work: ps -t tty# where "#" is the concel your crashed in, this would give you a list of jobs in that concel, then use kill job number and its done. On Tue, 11 Sep 2001 17:15:26 -0500 (CDT), Kirk Wood wrote: >On Tue, 11 Sep 2001, Gregory Nowak wrote: >> Sometimes when I telnet into a system over dial-up, the modem and sesion disconnects. >> What I do then, is the 3 finger solute. >> What is the best way to regain a crashed console like that? > >I think a much better method would be to switch consoles. Then you can run >"ps aux" and kill off the bash process that coresponds to the telnet >session. If you wanted to kill the whole session, kill off the bash >process that coresponds. If you guess wrong, you of course kill off >another console. But all should regenterate nicely. > >======= >Kirk Wood >Cpt.Kirk at 1tree.net > >The mind is like a parachute; it works much better when open. >If you're too open minded, your brains will fall out. > > >_______________________________________________ >Speakup mailing list >Speakup at braille.uwo.ca >http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup