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.
Cheers, Carl.
