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here is my problem. I ahve X11 running on slackware 10.0. which in and of itself is great. But if i try to exit X11 it hangs. I am not ...
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X11 Won't die
here is my problem. I ahve X11 running on slackware 10.0. which in and of itself is great. But if i try to exit X11 it hangs. I am not sure why. I have tried removing and reinstalling x11 to no avail. Help please. it was working fine until now.
- 01-05-2005 #2Linux Guru
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from a console:
Code:killall -9 X
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the prblem is i get a straight black screen when x trys to quit i cant type anything. my only option is force power down which i hat to do.
- 01-05-2005 #4Linux Engineer
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Your black screen has no curser? if that is so hit CNTRL-ALT- Bkspace and see if you get an error. That should get you out of x and into a shell.
Then in the shell you can
su -
<password>
shutdown -h now
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ctrl alt
I tried this nothing happens. it is a total system crash. i have tried <ctrl><alt> plus just about every key. no luck. i switched windows managers and it happens less often.
- 01-05-2005 #6Linux Engineer
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Go to /var/log
tail -100 messages and see if there are any errors.Some people have told me they don't think a fat penguin really embodies the grace of Linux, which just tells me they have never seen a angry penguin charging at them in excess of 100mph. They'd be a lot more careful about what they say if they had.
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- 01-05-2005 #7Linux User
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What video card are you using? My your using the incorrect driver or something.
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The easiest way to exit X is to run "init 3" as root, since I believe the default level for running X is run-level 5.
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I would go back and add all packages from the Slack 10 tree. Sometimes things can go weird if everything is not there. Also, if you are running a mix of current and 10, it can cause issues.
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have you tried:
"ctrl-alt-f2" or any of the f-keys through 6?
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