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Xref: sserve comp.os.386bsd.misc:1657 comp.os.386bsd.questions:7096 Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!munnari.oz.au!news.Hawaii.Edu!ames!haven.umd.edu!news.umbc.edu!europa.eng.gtefsd.com!library.ucla.edu!news.mic.ucla.edu!nntp.club.cc.cmu.edu!news.sei.cmu.edu!bb3.andrew.cmu.edu!andrew.cmu.edu!tk2x+ From: Timothy J Kniveton <tim+@CMU.EDU> Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.misc,comp.os.386bsd.questions Subject: Re: XFree86 2.0 with NetBSD 0.9exits with system messed up. Date: Tue, 23 Nov 1993 01:31:14 -0500 Organization: Freshman, CIT general, Carnegie Mellon, Pittsburgh, PA Lines: 17 Message-ID: <EgwOsm_00VBN9RZVo5@andrew.cmu.edu> References: <1993Nov18.031132.21910@icaen.uiowa.edu> <CGp8qA.n42@dragon.dsh.org> <2cgout$g5d@homer.cs.mcgill.ca> <CGqnGy.5vp@dragon.dsh.org> NNTP-Posting-Host: po2.andrew.cmu.edu In-Reply-To: <CGqnGy.5vp@dragon.dsh.org> i am having the same problem, namely that X works fine, but when i exit, it just sits there in text mode. i am running X 2.0 with FreeBSD 1.0 at@setanta.demon.co.uk writes: >I had the same problem, this fixes it: > > startx >& /tmp/x or /dev/null whatever. > >when it comes back the console is still working. > >Incidently the machine is still running, you can login >from other machines on your net (if you have one that is) >and kill the csh on console. That fixes things. i've tried redirecting the output to a file -- doesn't change anything. and yes, i can telnet to my machine and kill the shell -- which brings me back to the login prompt.