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[sindi keesan <keesan AT sdf.lonestar.org>]

> With dosemu running I tried to exit X with Ctrl-Alt-Backspace and I now
> have a turquoise screen with green stripe at the top and cannot use either
> of my two VGA vts.  ps shows that X is not running.  Reboot linux?  Is
> there a better fix for getting back VGA?
>
> It won't reboot either.  Power switch still works.
> Check forced....  It took a while to even start checking.

I just had the same problem WITHOUT dosemu running when I tried to 
'logout' using the icewm menu instead of Ctrl-Alt-Backspace.  Tseng video. 
> From vt1 I could startX in vt5, which replaced the turquoise/green screen, 
but vt3 and vt4 are still not available.   vt2 works on the TTL monitor.

Why is 'logout' causing this problem?

zgv does not run in a box in X, not surprisingly.  X goes away but comes 
back when I exit zgv.  I can use it in another vt (when I get them working 
again).

I changed the icem menu from xterm to rxvt.  It works fine.  I did not 
install an xterm in BL2.

I set up another rxvt and can toggle between them with Alt-Tab after 
clicking on both of them first (otherwise I get the original rxvt that I 
used to start dosemu).

This is fun!