> Well, I don't know what the console should do, but I know what _my_
> console does, and when I use the kill Magic SysRQ, all processes on the
> terminal die, the terminal returns to text mode, and I can enter my
> login/password again, I have a x86 machine.
Are you using fbcon ? If you use a straight console setup, the graphics
hardware gets directly programmed by the X server or SVGAlib or whatever,
and the kernel has no possibility at all to set it back to text mode,
as it has just killed the program that could.
> I don't know if it is done under X, because I never had to use it
> under X, but when my fb programs crash (with terminal in graphics mode) and
> doesn't leave the terminal back in textmode, the SysRQ does it successfully.
O.K. - that explains it. Yes. Fbcon of course as well fixes the problem.
> > usually won't ever get back your textmode.
> Usually? Hmm, then I'm lucky :-)
Yes, as you are using fbcon, which is far better than the normal console
system. Maybe not perfect, but ...
CU, ANdy
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