> > 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.
All of these may take a while - if nothing happens straight away go away from the machine for a while and come back a few minutes later. If you're on a network, try ssh (putty.exe is a good windows ssh client) and kill the errant process. Yuri
