Hi! Almost last resort is to command fuser -k /dev/tty1 or fuser -k -9 /dev/tty1 with tty1 replaced with actuoal frozen tty This will restore that tty into login prompt. -- arimo On Tue, 13 Apr 2004, Alex Snow wrote: > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > Hi all. > just wondering the best solution for thawing a tty that's completely > frozen. in this particular case lynx was the app that froze but I've > seen it happen with epic and a few other progs. I try kill -9 the > process but nothing. > thanks. > > - -- > > I get the following error messages at bootup, could anyone tell me > > what they mean? > > fcntl_setlk() called by process 51 (lpd) with broken flock() emulation > They mean that you have not read the documentation when upgrading the > kernel. > -- seen on c.o.l.misc > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > Version: GnuPG v1.2.3 (GNU/Linux) > > iD8DBQFAfJbx9XVrM3ri110RAp7QAJ9JxwEF9j8k0oJ3LFuico8rKFIOhwCfSIG4 > QsUY32nqLXtA/h/AAgIRpbs= > =EFpg > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup >