nothing with X but maybe something with gnome ?
Philippe
"Steven Hildreth" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> Hi, so this is probably just a testiment of what not to do on your
> server...
>
> I wanted to run GNOME (actually X Windows) to be able to use the
> process monitor with the dual cpu information. Anyhow, I started
> startx and GNOME started and loaded and displayed my desktop and just
> sits there, nothing. Keyboard does not respond to anything, I pressed
> the scroll lock several times and still nothing, none of the state
> lights (caps, num) change when toggled.
>
> The server is not locked up, I can telnet into it from another
> workstation.
>
> I was wondering if there is a way for me to "kill" this GNOME login,
> and just log me out. I tried the CTRL-ALT-BACKSPACE and nothing. When
> I login telnet, I can ps -ax and get nothing with X even in it? I just
> want to get rid of that session and have it setting back at the login
> prompt.
>
> There is about 75 clients using this server (samba server) so just
> turning it off and then back on is not really a lovely solution :)
>
> Boy howdy, learned my lesson, NEVER - EVER run a GUI on your primary
> server..geez..
>
> Thanks for anything.
>
> Regards,
> Steven Hildreth
> Information Technology Manager
> Aprotex Corporation, http://www.aprotex.com
> "Proven Property Protection Since 1952"
>
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