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Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!munnari.oz.au!constellation!convex!news.oc.com!news.kei.com!yeshua.marcam.com!usc!crash!fredbox!cyb!int_10h From: int_10h@cyb.fred.com (Video Interrupt) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd Subject: Re: HELP: xfree2.0/xinit doesn't quit Message-ID: <CKy4Jy.1GG@cyb.fred.com> Date: Wed, 9 Feb 1994 07:23:44 GMT References: <CKu7t1.BJ@rasorl.uucp> Organization: Cacophonous Yodellers' Box (907) 338-4942 Lines: 12 In article <CKu7t1.BJ@rasorl.uucp>, Bob Schlussler <ras@rasorl.uucp> wrote: >Is this problem familiar to anyone and if so, how do I solve it? > >Under FreeBSD (cdrom distribution), when the SVGA Xserver shuts >down, the console stays locked up. Further investigation showed >that xinit was not quiting. We had a similar problem on our FreeBSD box up here. I don't know if it's fixed, but we've found that if you run x from a virtual (not the main) console, it seemed to exit properly. Now, I'm not a unix hacker, I was just using my roomate's box, but it worked for me.