On Tue, Dec 23, 2003 at 10:48:36AM -0600, Warren Turkal wrote: > On Tuesday 23 December 2003 10:26 am, Ben Okopnik wrote: > > Not sure what you mean by that. When I say "server crash", I mean > > complete shutdown of X. However, since I use "gpm" (and read from > > "/dev/gpmdata" for the X mouse), this does not affect my mouse; I can > > use it in both X and the console. I wrote up the method for doing this > > in the Linux Gazette a while back, actually. > > I mean the following. When X crashes, would a hardware mouse cursor still > work? I am under the impression that the machine is locked, not that X has > crashed because my mouse continues to move after "locking."
I'm afraid that mouse movement (or lack of it) isn't really indicative; it depends on how the mouse is set up. You can always try flipping to a console (via, say, Alt-Ctrl-F2) and doing a "ps ax" to see what's actually running. If you can't get to the console, and "Alt-Ctrl-BkSp" (kill X) doesn't get you out of wherever you are, then yeah, chances are the machine itself is wedged. * Ben Okopnik * okopnik.freeshell.org * Technical Editor, Linux Gazette * -*- See the Linux Gazette in its new home: <http://linuxgazette.net/> -*-
