Subject: Re: port-sparc/1153: X crashed with continuous beep.
To: None <mrg@mame.mu.Oz.Au>
From: Neil J. McRae <neil@demon.net>
List: port-sparc
Date: 06/25/1995 16:38:18
> >Description:
>
> this has happened to me a few things in X now. sequence follows:
>
> a) to my shell (tcsh), type 'cmd /path/to' and then hit <tab> to get
> completion.
> b) completion isn't unique, so shell beeps.
> c) beep continues longer than normal,
> d) X exits.
> e) xdm restarts X.
> f) i log in as fast as possible (using F1 for "failsafe").
> g) i echo ^G to turn that damn beep off.
> h) beep goes off and is replaced by scream. :-)
>
> there is no core file. i'm not at all sure what the problem is...
>
I have had this also, But I use startx, To get the damn thing to shut up I
had to reboot. X was still alive I just had my flatmates whining about the
noise!
Neil.
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Neil J. McRae. Demon Internet
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