[ale] Networkin and Sendmail

[Steven A. DuChene]

On Thu, 18 Apr 1996, Dave Ritchie wrote:
> > 
> > > Sounds like time to hook up a terminal... also, isn't there an escape
> > > sequence that will caused the server to go into a text window mode?
> > 
On Thu, 18 Apr 1996, tony mancill wrote:
> > CTRL-ALT-BACKSPACE will kill the X-server.  Also, it's a good idea to 
> > leave a getty running for one of the "virtual" terminals (ALT-F1, etc.)
> > 
> 
charlie replied:
> Maybe I didn't say exactly what i meant, but Ctrl-alt-bs didn't even shut
> the server down.  What would hooking up a terminal mean?  What can I 
> deduce from that?  And how would I go about doing it?
> 
	If the Xserver is hung you will NOT be able to do any keyboard input!
	No Ctrl-Alt-<- or Ctrl-Alt-Del   That is why it is real hard to tell
	if the whole machine is hung or just the Xserver. By hooking up a
	terminal or network connection you can positively check to see if it
	is still possible to communicate with the machine/system that may still
	be running under the Xserver.


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