Subject: Re: Random hangs
To: None <jazzman@exdomain.org>
From: Nikos Ntarmos <ntarmos@ceid.upatras.gr>
List: port-hpcsh
Date: 01/10/2006 23:54:29
Hi there.

On Tue, Jan 10, 2006 at 04:35:39PM -0500, jazzman@exdomain.org wrote:
> > Yeah, I have never successfully returned to the shell after exitting
> > X. I think you can ssh into the 620 and kill the Xserver though. Or
> > just reboot from an xterm. Maybe it needs a swap area. It is
> > possible to use nfs swap.
[...]
> Thanks again! :) I still get a kick out of seeing X start up on my HPC... 

I have also run into this problem with my 690. I've found that starting
X using something like 'exec xinit' circumvents the return-to-shell
issue, but this is just a workaround anyway...

Have a happy new year btw...

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