Hi:
I had this same problem (actualy it happens often). The solution is to telnet
in to the linux box that appeas to be hunk, then
su
<pswd>
ps -e | grep scape
then after obtaining the process id for netscakp, issue a
kill <pid>
or
kill -k <pid>
After this, things return to normal on my linux box.
Herman
On Wed, 29 Mar 2000, you wrote:
> "Joseph S. Gardner" wrote:
>
> >
> > I'm sure it's hung. Mouse is dead, can't Ctrl+Alt+Backspace,
> > Ctrl+Alt+Delete, can't change workspace nothin'
> >
> > I finally got home to check this thing out and man was this thing locked
> > up. Had the wife leave it on just so I could give it a bash (pun
> > intended 8-)) but no-go. Finally had to hit the reset button and during
> > reboot it would do the following
> >
> > boot:
> > Loading linux.....
> > Uncompressing linux..
> >
> > CRC error
> > --System halted
> >
> > it would do this no matter how I tried rebooting (reset button, big red
> > help switch, etc..) anyhow I finally got disgusted with it and just shut
> > it down and walked away butttt... curiosity got the best of me and I
> > went back to it after 10 minutes and viola, it's alive.
> >
> > >From what I can find a CRC error is Cyclic Redunancy Check but I have no
> > clue what it means or what caused it. I can tell you that the machine
> > has been up and running almost flawlessly 24/7 since October.
> >
> > TIA
> >
> >
>
> I had the same thing happen to me before...
> I also found out that on linux, you should never use the RESET button on the
> box...
> I just turned off the power switch and wait for aboout a minute so mem is
> emtied and stuff and powered back up the system and it booted back up as if
> nothing ever happened...
