David:

I can ping the machine and rlogin the machine. I also run
"startx" remotely and the machine is back to life again, showing the GUI
in the host monitor. Then I stopped startx remotely and the non-GUI
terminal appear again. What could cause this problem? Thanks for your kind
help.

- Xiaozhou (Steve) Li

On Thu, 10 Feb 2000, David Brownlee wrote:

> 	(Switching reply-to to port-i386 as its an i386 box).
> 
> 	If you have another machine on the same net a useful test
> 	is to see if you can ping it after the console stops responding.
> 	Better still would be to login remotely and try to run startx
> 	again after the problem.
> 
> 		David/absolute
> 
> On Wed, 9 Feb 2000, Xiaozhou Li wrote:
> 
> > David:
> > 
> > Yes, I am using i386. I do have a network card, how is it going to
> > help? Thanks for your message.
> > 
> > - Xiaozhou (Steve) Li
> > 
> > On Wed, 9 Feb 2000, David Brownlee wrote:
> > 
> > > 	On what port are you seeing this - i386?
> > > 
> > > 	Do you have a network card in your machine - if so can you
> > > 	ping the system from another machine?
> > > 
> > > On Mon, 7 Feb 2000, Xiaozhou Li wrote:
> > > 
> > > > I am having the following problem and will appreciate your help!
> > > > 
> > > > I just installed NetBSD 1.4.1 and setup the X Windows. After I run
> > > > "startx", the window manager twm runs, then I choose exit from the twm
> > > > menu, the window borders disappear, then I type "exit" in the console
> > > > window, the screen goes blank (the GUI has exited) and the system does
> > > > not respond to anything. I have to reboot.
> > > > 
> > > > I am wondering if you could give me some hint on what could cause this
> > > > problem. Thanks a lot!
> > > 
> > > 
> > > 		David/absolute
> > > 
> > > 
> > > 
> > > 
> > 
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