On 16 May 2012, Arnt Karlsen wrote:
> > In both, if I kill the process corresponding to X *from within X*,
> > either the machine freezes completely (Radeon) 
> 
> ..how?  Ssh too freezes?  It no longer responds even to ping etc?

Yes, no response to ping.

> ..are these 2 boxes on wicd etc style networking that dies 
> with X and the desktop? 
> 

Nothing like that is running.


> > or shuts down completely (Nouveau), 
> 
> ..it powers off???

The computer is still running but the screen is dead. Whereas, with the
Radeon machine, the screen is still lit with the WM background showing.

> > If I kill it from a tty terminal there is no problem. 
> 
> ..and what happens if you try to kill X over ssh from the other box?

That works too. It's closing from within X itself that locks things up.


AC


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> ...with a number of polar bear hunters in his ancestry...
>   Scenarios always come in sets of three: 
>   best case, worst case, and just in case.
> 
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