On Monday 27 June 2005 18:05, Chris Barker wrote: > If that doesn't work, you should be able to ssh (or even telnet) into > the box and kill X that way, if you have another machine networked to > it.
Most of the times these garbled up screens are caused by the graphics card being in a broken/inconsistent state. Unfortunately a reboot often seems the only way to get the card in a consistent state again. These inconsistent states are normally caused by conflicting drivers or race conditions. They occur normally when switching virtual consoles between graphics mode and text mode. Framebuffer code is notorious for causing these kinds of problems, and some drivers don't even need help. If you use a framebuffer, it is also prudent to make the X driver aware of this by supplying the relevant option in the device section of xorg.conf. Paul -- Paul de Vrieze Gentoo Developer Mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Homepage: http://www.devrieze.net
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