Killing X server using ctrl-alt-bksp screws up eth0???

Try switching to a modular alternative like DE4X5 or RTL8139 or NE2KPCI
if they aren't compiled in.

Craig

On Saturday, February 2, 2002, at 06:49 PM, Lisa Winkler wrote:

> If I kill my X server using ctrl-alt-bksp, my eth0 device disappears.
> It still
> shows up in /proc but if I do an ifconfig eth0 up, it says the device
> doesn't
> exist. I think something is happening to the driver (I think it is
> using tulip)
> but since I have (perhaps stupidly?) compiled the driver into the
> kernel, I
> can't just rmmod/insmod to fix it, so I end up rebooting. Any ideas on
> how to
> track down this problem? I hate treating my RH box as if it were an MS
> box!
>
> Btw I know ctrl-alt-bksp is not the preferred way to get out of X, but
> I have
> been experimenting with some window managers/configurations and
> sometimes I have
> left myself with no other way out. :)
>
> Lisa
>
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