Ctrl+Alt+F1 This should give you another terminal as mentioned before
login, do a 'ps -aux' Look for anything funny, like the word 'defunct' or 99.9% CPU usage on a process called 'kdesomething' Try killing the process kill PID or kill -9 PID Do you have AGP? Some board/gpu combos lock up displaying some 3D graphics. Use your brain, try unplugging the monitor, plug it back in. Wez On Friday 05 Jul 2002 1:28 pm, Sudhaker P wrote: > Hi, > Thanks to David for the reply, but my situation is that I can't reboot the > system. > Are there no alternatives for this problem without rebooting the system? > I'd appreciate if anyone of you at this list has a solution for this > problem without rebooting the system and can share with me. > > Thanks, > > Peram > > > From: David McGlone <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > >Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >Subject: Re: KDE freeze..... > >Date: Thu, 4 Jul 2002 21:20:00 -0400 > > > >On Thursday 04 July 2002 06:53 pm, Sudhaker P wrote: > > > Hi All, > > > > > > I've been using RH linux 6.2 kernel 2.4.16 and I had accidentally > > > >clicked > > > > > "logout" instead of "lock screen" and the screen is showing "Preparing > > > session...." and is frozen. > > > I'll appreciate if any of you gurus share your thoughts or experiences > > > >with > > > > > me and help me out of this situation. > > > Your suggestions will be greatly appreciated. > > > >ctrl + alt + F3 to get into runlevel 3, log in at the prompt then type > >shutdown -r now > > > >this will reboot your computer. > > > >David M. > >Edification Web Solutions > >http://www.edificationweb.com > >------------- > >"If it sounds good you'll hear it > > if it looks good you'll see it > > if it's marketed right you'll buy it > > but if it's real, you'll feel it." > > Kid Rock > > > > > > > >_______________________________________________ > >Redhat-list mailing list > >[EMAIL PROTECTED] > >https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list > > _________________________________________________________________ > Chat with friends online, try MSN Messenger: http://messenger.msn.com > > > > _______________________________________________ > Redhat-list mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list _______________________________________________ Redhat-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
