Subject: Re: Xmares
From: Reid Ellis (rae@tnir.mef.org)
Date: Fri Oct 08 1999 - 06:55:50 MDT
Jim Cole <greyleaf@yggdrasill.net> said:
> [...] Login prompt pops
> up, X messages start scrolling by, the screen goes dark, login prompt pops
> up, X messages start scrolling by, the screen goes dark, login prompt pops
> up, .... ad nauseam. No key sequences were recognized, so I couldn't
> break out of it. So, I had the pleasure of once again corrupting the
> filesystem by shutting down the machine. Too fun.
I can't help with the rest of your problems, but I thought I'd mention that if
this happens, you should still be able to telnet in to your machine and kill
the X server manually as root. Of course, this assumes a network, another
machine, etc..
Reid
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