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Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!munnari.oz.au!constellation!osuunx.ucc.okstate.edu!moe.ksu.ksu.edu!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!darwin.sura.net!haven.umd.edu!uunet!pipex!sunic!isgate!veda.is!adam From: adam@veda.is (Adam David) Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.questions Subject: Re: problem starting XFree86 Message-ID: <C5EyCG.AFo@veda.is> Date: 13 Apr 93 08:31:27 GMT References: <1993Apr13.054741.5091@latcs1.lat.oz.au> Organization: Veda Systems, Iceland Lines: 13 wongm@latcs1.lat.oz.au (M.C. Wong) writes: > And an attempt was made (by the system) to kill server, but failed >with signal 3 intercepted. So what I end up is just a blank screen hanging >up the system. Also, the CTRL-ALT-BACKSPACE does not kill the server anyay, >even when I have got DontZap commented out in Xconfig. I just spent half a day rebooting over and over, until I discovered that the server hangs forever until it receives input from the mouse. Wiggle the mouse while it is hanging, and it should start normally. -- Adam D. (adam@veda.is)