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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!news.rmit.EDU.AU!news.unimelb.EDU.AU!munnari.OZ.AU!news.hawaii.edu!ames!usenet.kornet.nm.kr!news.kreonet.re.kr!news.dacom.co.kr!vyzynz!inquo!in-news.erinet.com!bug.rahul.net!rahul.net!a2i!samba.rahul.net!rahul.net!a2i!olivea!grapevine.lcs.mit.edu!newsie.dmc.com!news.zipnet.net!usenet From: mi@aldan.algebra.com (Mikhail Teterin) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: resetting video (without rebooting) Date: 23 Apr 1996 03:37:32 GMT Organization: Aldan at Newton Upper Falls Lines: 17 Message-ID: <4lhj9s$rh0@news.zipnet.net> Reply-To: mi@ALDAN.algebra.com NNTP-Posting-Host: ip40-max2-bos.zipnet.net X-Newsreader: knews 0.9.6 Since I've got this fancy video card (and, damn it, bought X-Inside's Xserver -- the card is not supported by XFree86) I, occasionally, have to reboot just because the video hangs on X-server's exit. Machine works -- I can login remotely, etc. but nothing shows on the screen. Attempts to startx fail as well. Is there any way, I can (at least, remotely) reset the video driver? I tried: echo q > /dev/ttyv0 vidcontrol VGA_80x25 < /dev/ttyv0 >& /dev/ttyv0 did not help ;( Anything else? Thanks! -mi -- "Windows for dummies"