Re: total freeze with framebuffer + X

Kev (klmitch@mit.edu)
Sun, 28 Mar 1999 17:32:20 EST

> > > Just guessing, but it is generally bad idea to hit X with kill
> > > -9. When you shutdown and X are running, that _might_ happen. I do
> > > not know consequences - trashed display is the obvious one.
>
> When you're shutting down your computer, trashed displays are irrelevant
> anyway. Shutting down to single user mode is of course an exception, though,
> so you do have a point.

consider also shutdown -r now.

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