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SubjectRe: suspended X -> dead console
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> > 2. switch back to text console from which startx was executed
> > 3. ^Z (X suspends)
> > 4. Alt-F7 (to the console where X lives)
> >
> > console is dead at this point (2.2.11).
>
> Well yes, it would be.
>
> > kill -CONT over net helped it.
> >
> Yes.
>
> > Would something like this patch be useful? (completely untested yet)
>
> No. If the user's dumb enough to do it, they deserve all they get.
> IMHO, of course.

s/User/deliberate troublemaker/

All of a sudden its not a dumb error (and to a non unix guy its not dumb at
all anyway) but a security issue.


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