On 30 Oct 1998q, Hamish Moffatt wrote: > 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. >
I don't think so; I've been caught by that one previously and I watch out for it. (Actually, on my setup this key prints some information about memory; oddly enough it was the only key that worked when the console was locked.) Anthony -- Anthony Campbell - running Linux Debian 2.0 [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.achc.demon.co.uk "The Moving Finger writes; and, having writ, Moves on..." - Edward Fitzgerald
