ps aux
kill (number of locked process)
Or, for a simpler way, don't bother to login, hit Ctrl-Alt-Del and the system will shut down and restart
If you have a console coming up by default (getting to KDE after login by typing startx), you can hit Ctrl-Alt-Backspace to get back to a console and then use Ctrl-Alt-Del to restart the system
As for fixing what you have now, if you have a separate partition for /home, move the files to it and reinstall without formatting home, then move your files back. If you have a workstation configuration, save what you want to floppy or tape and then reinstall. It is a lot better not to chance corrupted programs if you can avoid it.
Civileme
Trevor Wilson wrote:
A window wasn't responding under KDE, and I couldn't kill it, so I tried
to log off and the system stopped responding. I waited a long time and
then power cycled it and it managed to boot OK, except now every time it
shuts down, "shutting down nfs mountd" fails, and starting up, it can't
find "var/lib/nfs/xtab" or something like that, which I think was deleted
when it tried to fix the drive. Is any of this a problem? More
importantly, what ELSE can I DO if the system stops responding, other than
cutting the power?
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