Messages in this thread | | | Date | Wed, 12 Aug 1998 09:23:49 +0100 (BST) | From | Tigran Aivazian <> | Subject | Re: kill -9 <pid of X> |
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On Tue, 11 Aug 1998, Andrea Arcangeli wrote: > It' s not a kernel issue. If the X server run in iopl() and own the video > card, _it_ must care that everything will return OK when it' s killed. When one is killed one cannot care even if one had such intentions while being alive. > > It' s possible using a X wrapper that run as root (not as user) and wait > for the child to die (once the X child is died the wrapper can restore the > text console fine). Well, what if you kill -9 the wrapper too? > > The machine doesn' t hang. > sorry - typo. I actually explained to someone else that the machine does NOT hang - it is just the display mode is left as graphics so I can't believe I said it myself. > Andrea[s] Arcangeli > Tigran.
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