Console peaced out?

[Dave Martini 1]

Boot in text mode (3) in etc/inittab and see if comes up
that way first. If so, it's an X configuration issue.

Dave.


> Date: Fri, 17 Dec 2004 15:26:47 -0500
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> I am running rh9 on a couple machines at work here.  While i was out 
> sick one day a co-worker logged into one of the machines and did loaded 
> up xwindows (startx).  I (and him) have done this many times in the past 
> without a problem but for some reason when he did it this time, he said 
> that xwindows started loading but then the screen went black and that 
> was it.  I originally thought it might be something with the display 
> settings being out of range for the monitor but it appears that is not 
> the problem.  The machine responds fine (to ping and such) and i can get 
> into it through ssh without and problems but the console appears to be 
> hosed.  The keyboard is unresponsive (i cant even get the numlock light 
> to come on) and the screen is just sitting there black.  It is not a 
> problem with the monitor or anything as i have swapped that out.
> 
> I tried killing his session to see if it would log him out and return 
> the console to a prompt but that did not happen.  The session ended as 
> it not longer is displayed in top or who but still the console remains 
> black and the keyboard is unresponsive.
> 
> Is there something that i can kill or run to be able to get the console 
> back?  This machine usually goes 8-10 months before something comes up 
> where it needs to be rebooted and i REALLY dont want to have to reboot 
> it now.  Its serving quite a lot for us here.  And yes, i know you 
> shouldnt really be running x on a console of a server but hey, he did 
> and now its hosed and i gotta deal with it.
> 
> Does anyone have any ideas or perhaps more info is needed?
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> -Jim
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