Lets clear up some misconceptions
Charles Steinkuehler
charles at steinkuehler.net
Fri Nov 7 16:13:43 CST 2003
Brian Densmore wrote:
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Brian Kelsay
>> [snip]
>> You are aware of your ability under Linux to switch another
>> TTY and shut
>> down the offending process? Or remotely do so? It may not work very
>> practically on my old hunker of a laptop, but on a decent desktop or
>> server it would be a life saver. If the WM freezes for some
>> reason, you
>> can Ctl-Alt-Bksp and kill X and the WM. You knew that didn't you?
> Unless the process locks up the keyboard.
> Which I have had happen several times.
> Just because it's open source doesn't mean it can't crash and leave you
> with no option but to hit the reset button.
And sshd was totally dead, as well?
What about the spare serial getty I always like to keep in my inittab?
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Charles Steinkuehler
charles at steinkuehler.net
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