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

----- Original Message -----
From: "Lisa Winkler" <lmw@po.cwru.edu>
To: <plug-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us>
Sent: Saturday, February 02, 2002 6:49 PM
Subject: Killing X server using ctrl-alt-bksp screws up eth0???


> 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!

I dont think ctrl alt back space to kill X is a really bad thing .. as for
your nic driver dieing

do lsmod to see if tulip is listed .. if no just do modpobe tulip ...

HTH

Nige

>
> 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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