SAK (alt-sysrq-K)
but it doesn't always work.
YMMV and here's an explanation by comparison of my computer:
under 3dfx/Banshee+DRI if you run X and fbdev simultaneously, switch out
of X, load a graphical fbdev proggy then quit, the system halts.
this is an improvement over just halting if ya switched out of X (afaik
this happens though if you switch out while running a 3D app).
On Tue, 22 Feb 2000, Firstname Lastname wrote:
> Sometimes when i'm running X and run fbset (using the fbdev matrox driver),
> my screen hoses... if i switch VC's my screen is still hosed. however, if
> i type, sometimes i will see letters flash on the screen for about a tenth
> of a second, then disapear. if i run quake all the colors are wrong. Is
> there a command to re-initialize/reset the fbdev driver?
