On Wed, Aug 30, 2000 at 09:27:50AM +0800, CHEONG, Shu Yang [Patrick] wrote: > Have you guys tried ctrl+alt+backspace to get back to the console instead of > (i) rebooting the box and (ii) telnetting from another machine to issue a > init 1!!! If that doesn't work, try ctrl+alt+FX (where X is the number > representing the console 1 to 6). You also might want to determine the > reason(s) for the "crashes"...it may be caused by a rogue app or > something...such feedback to the developers is important as bugs can then > get fixed promptly and everyone can go about their daily lives again!
or compile in the LOVELY magic sysrq into your kernel, and discover the joys of: (yeah - I know you only need ctrl *OR* alt, but I can never remember which one, so I just use both) ctrl-alt-sysrq-s (sync all disks) ctrl-alt-sysrq-u (unmount all disks) ctrl-alt-sysrq-b (reboot) those keys work for me about 99% of the time (even when the rest of the system is crashed) - and only requires a fsck about 1 time in 20 for me :) lovely thing (although I rarely have to use it (unless it's user error like trying to run enlightenment and netscape with no swap)) - Brian -- .oO(You know you've been using computers too long when you can actually come up with something that can be abbreviated as "lgtkmozembed") (quoted from GyrosGeie on irc #mashpotato)