layers hangs terminal
Kevin P. Kleinfelter
kevin at msa3b.UUCP
Fri Jul 21 00:46:04 AEST 1989
I'm running layers on an AT&T 3B2, with Sys V R3.2.1, and an AT&T 630 tty.
I'm pretty pleased, but there is this problem...
If I accidentally do the following
login successfully
start layers
do inconsequential stuff
^D (without leaving layers)
The layer is "dead". Since it is my only layer, the terminal is dead.
After killing off all the "xt" entries and "layers" and "ksh" that I can
find via "ps -e" from another terminal, the 630 is still dead. Turning the
630 off and on does not help. It is not available again until the system is
rebooted.
Two questions:
1) How can I get my terminal back without a reboot?
2) How can I tell (in a shell script) if layers is active on my tty?
(If I can set my prompt string, PS1 to say "LAYERS" I can
avoid trying to logout while layers is running.)
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Kevin Kleinfelter @ Management Science America, Inc (404) 239-2347
gatech!nanovx!msa3b!kevin
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