steve wrote: > Carl Cerecke wrote: > > Chris Wilkinson wrote: > >> Ctrl-Alt-Backspace will reset the X-server...if that fails then > >> something must really be upsetting X (or the kernel) to lock-up > >> the machine like that... > > > > Occasionally that won't work, but Ctrl-Alt-F1 will get you to a > > console. Then you can run top or ps and kill away. > > > > Alt-Fx where 1 <= x <= 6 will get you to another virtual console. > > Alt-F7 will get you back to X. At least, that is the common setup. I > > think Knoppix has X on Alt-F5, just to be different.
If things are really getting messy and nothing else seems to work then there is one other thing that can be worth doing if the kernels stillup and running. Alt + SysRq then while holding them down. In sequence with a couple of second's pause between each keypress type. (on some systems only one of the ALT's works left for me) R S E I U B They're kernel level commands to kill all process, sync the harddrives, unmount them and then reboot the computer. Which is alot better than the reset switch. Chad
