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SubjectRe: kill -9 <pid of X>
No, I am sorry but you are wrong. It *is* the kernel's job and some
systems (e.g. our UnixWare's kd kernel driver) handle it already.
Apparently, (I was not aware of it) Linux handles it already as well if
one uses frame-buffer support and Xfb.

Have a nice day,
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Tigran A. Aivazian | http://www.sco.com
Escalations Research Group | tel: +44-(0)1923-813796
Santa Cruz Operation Ltd | Email: tigran@sco.com

On Tue, 11 Aug 1998, Brandon S. Allbery KF8NH wrote:

> In message <Pine.LNX.3.96.980811152838.1987A-100000@einstein.london.sco.com>
> , T
> igran Aivazian writes:
> +-----
> | Yes, it *is* very much a kernel issue. What happens if you kill -9 the X
> | server? The machine hangs because the kernel does not sanify the
> | console/VT, i.e. switch it back to the text mode of the VT whence the X
> +--->8
>
> That's not the kernel's job. I can addle a Solaris console the same way;
> that doesn't make it the kernel's job to track what X did to the console and
> reverse it. There might well be programs which depend on the kernel not
> resetting the console just because the program running on it exited.
>
> (Do you really mean "hang"? telnet should still work....)
>
> --
> brandon s. allbery [os/2][linux][solaris][japh] allbery@kf8nh.apk.net
> system administrator [WAY too many hats] allbery@ece.cmu.edu
> electrical and computer engineering
> carnegie mellon university (bsa@kf8nh is still valid.)
>
>


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