Re: kill -9 <pid of X>

Alan Cox (alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk)
Wed, 12 Aug 1998 16:41:36 +0100 (BST)

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> Massive re-coding? Sounds like X just has to be protected from signal 9
> just like init. That means you just need something to make X unique
> to the kernel's signal "generator". Remember, you did not kill X, you
> told the kernel to do it --- and it did.

Or the kernel decided to blow it away, or I fed it stuff that crashed it
solidly. There are many ways to upset the Xserver. (Thats not entirely
an argument against any specific setup btw - no doubt kernel code would
have some upset potential too)

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