"Gazza" <gazza@192.168.1.1> wrote in message
news:hP5Fb.7517$FN.5941@newsfep4-winn.server.ntli.net...
> Hi,
>
> I have just installed OpenBSD3.3 on one of my boxes. I have set up
> networking and X and did a 'X -query [another box]' at the command line,
> logged in on the gui log-in screen and messed around in the X session. So
> far, so good. Then I left the computer for a while. When I returned to
> it, the X session seemed to have disappeared. There was just a blinking
> cursor ('_') at the top left of the screen. I tapped a key on the
keyboard
> and moved the mouse, but my X session did not come back. I though this
may
> be some sort of power-saving scheme, so I tried to CTRL+ALT+F[1 through 6]
> to get a local console session. Nothing happened. Going to another box,
I
> ssh'ed in and was able to use the command line perfectly well. What has
> happened to my X session (and the text consoles)? Is there some special
> key-combination way of getting the session back other than the
CTRL+ALT+F[1
> through 6] that I tried? I have been using MandrakeSoft's Linux distros
> since their 6.0 and have only just introduced myself to OpenBSD.
>
> Also, could anyone tell me how to achive IPv4 forwarding? Under my Linux
> distros I just make sure there's a 'FORWARD_IPv4="yes"' line in
> /etc/sysconfig/network.
>
> Thanks in advance for any help.
>
> Yours,
> Gary Hayward.

How about a simple ps -akx for us...
are the processes still running? Have you looked at logs? My X server
doesn't do that... why are you using 3.3?

"Throw me a freaking bone here"