On Sun, Jun 04, 2006 at 05:33:04PM +0200, Wolfgang Pfeiffer wrote: > On Tue, May 30, 2006 at 08:32:32AM +0200, Michel Dänzer wrote: > > On Tue, 2006-05-30 at 01:57 +0200, Wolfgang Pfeiffer wrote: > > > On Mon, May 29, 2006 at 09:53:39AM +0200, Michel Dänzer wrote:
> > > BTW: Is it possible to ssh into such a crashed system/machine and shut > > > it down cleanly instead of stupidly pressing the power button I was > > > doing so far after these crashes? > > > > Depends how hard the crash is. Would be interesting to know at any rate. > > [ ... ] > > It's possible :) .. as long as I have this line in /etc/kde3/kdm/kdmrc : ServerCmd=/usr/bin/Xorg -br But IIRC: As soon as I have that line in the file above: ServerCmd=/usr/bin/X -br I risk a complete crash, without the chance to shutdown the system via SSH from a 2nd machine: In one instance the machine was simply switched off, after trying to start KDM (with 'ServerCmd=/usr/bin/X -br'), and on reboot date was set to 1904, plus the login greeter on the console said it was 2004 (yes, 2004, IIRC). So: no chance for the time coming to start /usr/bin/X on that system. :) BTW: Is it necessary to reset PRAM/NVRAM after such a crash where the time was reset to 1904? Or is it enough to simply run something like ntpdate to set the time? Best Regards Wolfgang -- Wolfgang Pfeiffer: /ICQ: 286585973/ + + + /AIM: crashinglinux/ http://profiles.yahoo.com/wolfgangpfeiffer Key ID: E3037113 http://keyserver.mine.nu/pks/lookup?search=0xE3037113&fingerprint=on -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
