Re: [TCLUG:1289] Network Party

[Andrew McCulloh <mcculloh@2z.net>]

>>>>> "Clay" == Clay Fandre <cfandre@minn.net> writes:

    Clay> Quake sometimes locks up the keyboard and console. And if
    Clay> the keyboard is locked up...


Most video games (unlike normal programs) under linux circumvent the
kernel in some way to get at the actual video and memory devices. This 
makes the game faster. Unfortunately it can hose your entire
system. If you are lucky you can login from another place and kill the 
offending process, but usually you have to restart. The only time I've 
had linux crash from a software problem is while playing doom...

Andrew

    Clay> Clay

    Clay> Brad DeJong wrote:
    >>  My only question would be why do you need to find a different
    >> computer to telnet from to shutdown your box?  Use the F-keys
    >> to pull up another virtual terminal, login, and shutdown.  It's
    >> been a while since I've done this, exact syntax is something
    >> simple like alt-F1, this is probably in the FAQ's.  Slackware
    >> used to come set up with 8 virtual terminals by default.  XDM
    >> used virtual terminal 7, leaving F1-F6 and F8 available for
    >> text logins.
    >> 
    >> ----------

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