> On Friday 17 December 2004 15:26, Jim Maul wrote: >> I am running rh9 on a couple machines at work here. While i was out >> sick one day a co-worker logged into one of the machines and did loaded >> up xwindows (startx). I (and him) have done this many times in the past >> without a problem but for some reason when he did it this time, he said >> that xwindows started loading but then the screen went black and that >> was it. I originally thought it might be something with the display >> settings being out of range for the monitor but it appears that is not >> the problem. The machine responds fine (to ping and such) and i can get >> into it through ssh without and problems but the console appears to be >> hosed. The keyboard is unresponsive (i cant even get the numlock light >> to come on) and the screen is just sitting there black. It is not a >> problem with the monitor or anything as i have swapped that out. >> >> I tried killing his session to see if it would log him out and return >> the console to a prompt but that did not happen. The session ended as >> it not longer is displayed in top or who but still the console remains >> black and the keyboard is unresponsive. >> >> Is there something that i can kill or run to be able to get the console >> back? This machine usually goes 8-10 months before something comes up >> where it needs to be rebooted and i REALLY dont want to have to reboot >> it now. Its serving quite a lot for us here. And yes, i know you >> shouldnt really be running x on a console of a server but hey, he did >> and now its hosed and i gotta deal with it. >> >> Does anyone have any ideas or perhaps more info is needed? >> >> Thanks, >> >> -Jim > > Sometimes when your terminal is behaving strangely, you can try to reset > it > to a "reasonable" set of default settings by 'blindly' typing the > command: > > stty sane <enter> > > or: > > CTRL-J > stty sane > CTRL-J > > (CTRL-J is interpreted as a carriage-return, in case <enter> is also > unresponsive) > > Best, > > Tom > I'll try this but i wont have console access until monday. I'll report back monday. - Jim -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:redhat-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
