Dale <[email protected]> [10-04-10 06:16]: > [email protected] wrote: > >Dale<[email protected]> [10-04-10 05:48]: > > > >>[email protected] wrote: > >> > >>> > >>>Hi Dale, > >>> > >>>Somne shots into the dark: > >>>I am running a non-kde and non-gnome Gentoo here (Openbox is my > >>>friend) and after upgrading X nothing works. > >>> > >>>I rtecompiled openbox, lxpanel and the X11-drivers like > >>>xf86-input-keyboard, xf86-input-mouse. nvidia-drivers and > >>>everything was ok. > >>> > >>>Try to recompile the x11-drivers and the kde equivalent of the > >>>window manager (I dont know much about kde/gnome...sorry ;) ) > >>>and may be X11 will be you friend again... > >>> > >>>HTH! > >>> > >>>Keep hacking! and have a nice weekend! > >>>mcc > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>That makes sense now that you mention it. I'll give that a try. > >>Heck, > >>nothing to lose. I know how to use the sysreq keys pretty good now. > >>lol > >> > >>Thanks. > >> > >>Dale > >> > >>:-) :-) > >> > >> > >Hi Dale, > > > >to get out of X (or not-so-X in your case :O) ) you dont need the > >sysreqs every time. since they are somehow a 'very hard hrmmm > >"feature"' ;). > > > >Look into your Xorg.conf file under /etc/X11 and look for "dont zap" > >or something like that (I removed this from my xorg.conf ;) ) and > >remove that (or better comment it out). > > > >After that you kann kill X without disturbing the kernel (and risk > >your data) with ALT-Backspace. You will get back a console. Log in > >as root and do a "telinit 2" since the setuo still think of running > >runlevel 5 "without X" and this is not a sane setup: Runlevel 5 is > >"with X" and runlevel 2 is "without X". > >To restart X the clean way do "teleinit 5" as root. > > > >HTH > > > >Keep hacking! > >mcc > > > > > > Well when it locks up hard, nothing works not even sysreq. That was > the first time it failed me. I'm not sure what made it lock up tho. > > Oh, ctrl alt backspace doesn't do anything either. > > Dale > > :-) :-) >
Hi Dale, you have to remove this "Dont Zap"-Option from your xorg.conf first. Should work then. But of course: If a busmaster (in this case your GraphicsCard) doesnot release the bus...no way for little folks little some tiny keys on the keyboard... ;) Keep hacking! mcc -- Please don't send me any Word- or Powerpoint-Attachments unless it's absolutely neccessary. - Send simply Text. See http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/no-word-attachments.html In a world without fences and walls nobody needs gates and windows.
