On Thursday 05 February 2009 15:06:51 Randall R Schulz wrote:
On Thursday February 5 2009, Philip Burness wrote:
I have been using Suse since at least v8, and for the first time (other than when I have done something stupid) I have experienced two lock-ups where I have had to re-cycle the power to gain access again.
Please make an attempt to control line wrapping when you excerpt log files so we don't have to reassemble them to see what's going on.
Error seems to be Xorg related:-
Feb 5 09:13:43 Desktopnew kernel: Xorg[3052]: segfault at ... Feb 5 09:13:43 Desktopnew kdm[3003]: X server for display :0 terminated unexpectedly ...
If this is the primary failure, then you can try a couple of things to achieve a more controlled shutdown:
1) CTRL+ALT-F1 (through F6) to get to a virtual console which is a simple text-mode akin to an external, serial-connected TTY.
2) Connect and log in via SSH from another computer.
If you can log (use root) in with either of these approaches, you can probably effect a proper shutdown using the the "reboot" command.
On reboot, I seem to have lost my desktop icons (Firefox etc. only one left is Wastebin.
If you cannot effect a controlled shutdown / reboot, try this:
In order to minimize damage to your file system when you have to shut down in the worst possible way—by cycling the power—you should use the "Magic SysRq" key combination for sync-ing your file systems. To do this, hold down ALT and Sys Rq and type an S.
If you can switch virtual consoles but still can't get any response on VCs 1 through 6, you can switch to VC 10 (ALT+F10; note that you only add CTRL to the VC switch key combination when you're in an X server VC, usually VC 7) where you will see two lines printed (hopefully) when you performan Magic SysRq Sync: first "SysRq : Emergency Sync" and shortly thereafter another line with a time stamp and the words "Emergeny Sync complete".
At this point you can pull the plug, as it were, on your system with a minimum of damage to your files.
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Any suggestions anybody?
Thanks Phil
Randall Schulz Sorry about the line wrap - I'll remember for next time.
At the time I did try to switch to virtual consoles, also tried Ctrl-Alt- Backspace to restart X but no joy :-( Thanks for the tip on the file sync - will try that if it happens again. Interestingly, which I forgot to mention before, both instances occurred while I was clicking on something in Konqueror.... Best Regards Phil -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org