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From: lzm@mace.cc.purdue.edu (Chris McCoy)
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Subject: Re: X Server Dying
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Date: 11 Nov 90 03:21:51 GMT
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In <1990Nov9.103301@ibmpa.awdpa.ibm.com> marc@ibmpa.awdpa.ibm.com (Marc Pawliger) writes:

>When X dies, yet the screen still displays what the server looked like
>before it headed south, and you can't 'hot-key' to another HFT, don't
>despair.  There is a 30 second timeout that will kick in and revert the
>HFT that hung back to text mode.  I realize it's not the best solution,
>but it beats having to reboot and wait much longer than 30 seconds.

What version of AIX are you running?  And what platform?

Sorry, but this doesn't work on my system.  The other day my console
locked up and I left it "locked" overnight.  The next morning (12 hours
later) the screen was still locked.

What process monitors the HFT for this 30 second timeout?  Tell me more,
you've got me curious.

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