* primm [05-21-08 12:29]:

root is loged in on text console 1 but it will not accept text entry from the keyboard. How can I kill it from text console 2 without rebooting?

text console 1 is tty1 from the cl: ps aux | grep tty1 you will get something like: root 6040 0.0 0.0 11024 3600 tty1 Ss+ May07 0:00 -bash ^^^^^^ where 6040 is the pid of my example then from the cl as root: kill 6040 using the pid you find -- Patrick Shanahan Plainfield, Indiana, USA HOG # US1244711 http://wahoo.no-ip.org Photo Album: http://wahoo.no-ip.org/gallery2 Registered Linux User #207535 @ http://counter.li.org -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org

On Wed, May 21, 2008 at 12:26 PM, primm wrote:

root is loged in on text console 1 but it will not accept text entry from the keyboard. How can I kill it from text console 2 without rebooting?

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Thanks. Primm

I do it the old fashioned way. ps -ef | grep tty1 The pid (process id) should be in the second column. Then use kill to kill the offending process. I start with a simple kill <pid>, then move up to kill -9 <pid> if I have to. -- Greg Freemyer Litigation Triage Solutions Specialist http://www.linkedin.com/in/gregfreemyer First 99 Days Litigation White Paper - http://www.norcrossgroup.com/forms/whitepapers/99%20Days%20whitepaper.pdf The Norcross Group The Intersection of Evidence & Technology http://www.norcrossgroup.com -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org

Quoting primm :

root is loged in on text console 1 but it will not accept text entry from the keyboard. How can I kill it from text console 2 without rebooting?

Did you try ctrl-Q first? Sometimes a stray ctrl-S gets into a console. That stops scrolling. Ctrl-Q resumes. HTH, Jeffrey -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org