Re: [AL] XDGA2 Driver Question.

[Peter W. <tj...@al...>]

On 17 Oct 2001, Thamer Al-Harbash <sh...@wh...> wrote:
> 
> Does anyone know if there's a Xfree86 method of killing an XDGA2
> program? Something I could rely on?

If you have another machine (and a LAN), you can telnet in and use
`kill'.  Allegro's three finger salute may also work (Ctrl-Alt-End).
Or use Ctrl-Alt-Backspace to kill your X server.  Otherwise I suggest
you don't use DGA2 during development.

Hope that helps.
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On Thu, 18 Oct 2001, Peter Wang wrote:

> On 17 Oct 2001, Thamer Al-Harbash <sh...@wh...> wrote:
> >
> > Does anyone know if there's a Xfree86 method of killing an XDGA2
> > program? Something I could rely on?
>
> If you have another machine (and a LAN), you can telnet in and use
> `kill'.  Allegro's three finger salute may also work (Ctrl-Alt-End).
> Or use Ctrl-Alt-Backspace to kill your X server.  Otherwise I suggest
> you don't use DGA2 during development.

Heh. I slapped Allegro's salute and it worked but my X server
misbehaved horribly afterwards. Had to kill it and restart.

Restarting X should work OK for now. I can run the game in another
display and just kill it there if things go wrong.

Thanks for the tips.

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