On Thu, Oct 29, 1998 at 10:25:21AM +0000, Anthony Campbell wrote: > Is there any way to kill a virtual console without rebooting? > > I ask because for some reason I keep getting lockups when using vim to edit > multiple buffers. I can switch to a different vc and carry on, but no other > keys work on the vc I started from. Even if I kill the process I was using > there, nothing works.
Check that scroll lock is not on -- it pauses the console, and that virtual terminal will appear to lock up while it's on. Using ^S and ^Q (XON/XOFF flow control) will also trigger this. Hamish -- Hamish Moffatt VK3TYD [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED] Latest Debian packages at ftp://ftp.rising.com.au/pub/hamish. PGP#EFA6B9D5 CCs of replies from mailing lists are welcome. http://hamish.home.ml.org
