"Karsten M. Self" <kmself@ix.netcom.com> writes: > on Wed, Jan 02, 2002 at 12:38:34PM +0000, Simon R Tod ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) > wrote: > > Don't cross-post. Reply sent to debian-user only. > > > My laptop's been left on for the past 48 hours. > > Six days here. Uptimes of up to 22 days. > > > When I came back to it this morning it was very hot, the fan was > > kicking in evert minute or two and everything was working really > > slowly.... > > Not unusual if it's working hard or swapping heavily. > > > It's now just ceased up completely. The text has disappeared off my > > xterm and I can't get any movement out of the mouse. > > Ditto. > > > I don't see how I can do anything but just turn the power off, leave > > it for a few hours to cool down then reboot. > > Try switching to a console. Sometimes your X session is less > responsive. If you've got a network, try ssh'ing into the box.
Actually, telnet's better if the box is really struggling, presumably because setting up an encrypted session takes more CPU power. When my box has been really unresponsive, I could usually get in with telnet, but ssh would time out. -- Brian Nelson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://bignachos.com
