Have a nice day,
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Tigran A. Aivazian | http://www.sco.com
Escalations Research Group | tel: +44-(0)1923-813796
Santa Cruz Operation Ltd | Email: tigran@sco.com
On Tue, 11 Aug 1998, Brandon S. Allbery KF8NH wrote:
> In message <Pine.LNX.3.96.980811152838.1987A-100000@einstein.london.sco.com>
> , T
> igran Aivazian writes:
> +-----
> | Yes, it *is* very much a kernel issue. What happens if you kill -9 the X
> | server? The machine hangs because the kernel does not sanify the
> | console/VT, i.e. switch it back to the text mode of the VT whence the X
> +--->8
>
> That's not the kernel's job. I can addle a Solaris console the same way;
> that doesn't make it the kernel's job to track what X did to the console and
> reverse it. There might well be programs which depend on the kernel not
> resetting the console just because the program running on it exited.
>
> (Do you really mean "hang"? telnet should still work....)
>
> --
> brandon s. allbery [os/2][linux][solaris][japh] allbery@kf8nh.apk.net
> system administrator [WAY too many hats] allbery@ece.cmu.edu
> electrical and computer engineering
> carnegie mellon university (bsa@kf8nh is still valid.)
>
>
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