[email protected] writes: Ugh...
> ----- Original Message -----From: Alex Schuster Date: Friday, March 11, > 2011 8:47 amSubject: Re: [gentoo-user] Logout of Desktop Hangs on > LaptopTo: [email protected]> dhk writes:> > > I have a new > laptop with LXDE and XFCE4 installed for the desktop> > environment. I > boot to run level 3 and then run startx. When > logging> out of the > either desktop it never returns to the > command prompt,> > there's just > a blank screen and I can not switch to an alternate> > terminal. > However, the Alt-SysRq EISUB does work and reboots > the system.> > Try > Alt-SysRq-R, this should take keyboard control away from X > so you can > > switch to the text terminals.> > Wonko> > I've tried Alt-SysRq-R, it doesn't do anything. Even if it did work, I > would still like to log out normally. Um, Alt-SysRq-R alone does not do much. Have you tried Ctrl-Alt-F1 after Alt-SysRq-R? This works well for me, although only once - when I switch back to the hanging X, Alt-SysRq-R does not help again. Sure, this is no real solution, but better than Alt-SysRq-EISUB. Can you still log in from another system if this happens? Is there anything in syslog or /var/log/Xorg.0.log? Wonko
